FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) - A company director is heading to trial in Genesee County after a chemical spill in the Flint River.
60-year-old Rajinder Singh Minhas is heading to trial on several felony charges, according to Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Minhas served as the president, treasurer, and director of Lockhart Chemical, a chemical processing facility that manufactured rust-preventative additives for metalworking.
Authorities said 15,000 gallons of an oil-chemical mixture was released from Lockhart’s facility into the Flint River on June 15, 2022, spanning more than 20 miles into the water.
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Investigators said chemical fingerprinting analysis confirmed that the oil chemical mixture in the river