SPICELAND, Ind.-
For the second time in about two months, an Interstate 70 truck stop was evacuated because of a bomb threat and suspicious package.
The package was found near a fuel pump and was blown up by a bomb squad Sunday. No damage or injuries were reported, but about 1,000 people were evacuated from the Flying J truck stop and nearby New Castle Motor Sports Park, and the interstate was temporarily shut down.
Henry County Sheriff Kim Cronk said someone had called 911 from a pay phone saying he had planted a bomb at the truck stop, about 40 miles east of Indianapolis.
Another suspicious package was found at the same truck stop on Aug. 7 and also was detonated.
Police have not said whether either package contained explosives. Cronk said investigators were still studying the evidence.
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