Tanker with 8500 gallons of fuel flips on Highway 603 - WXXV News 25
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This morning the driver of a tanker was sent to the hospital with injuries and a section of Highway 603 in Hancock County was shut down as crews worked to contain a dangerous threat.
An early morning commute on Highway 603 took a turn for the worse Wednesday morning. Corporal Calvin Robertson with Mississippi Highway Patrol said, “This was a single vehicle semi wreck. It was a tanker. It was traveling south on 603 and veered off to the right in avoidance of a collision.”
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The driver of the truck was airlifted to a local hospital for treatment. No one else was injured, but law enforcement stood posted just north and south of the accident scene on Highway 603 about 15 miles north of interstate 10 to divert drivers away from the area. “People are rerouted for safety. It could be a dangerous situation.”
Law enforcement, rescue workers, and a HAZMAT crew spent several hours to secure the scene and make it safe, removing thousands of gallons of fuel from the flipped over tanker. “The truck is loaded with approximately 8,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel. The interior of the trailer is divided into sections. As we all know gas is very flammable.”
Those on scene kept a watchful eye out as they waited for a vehicle to arrive so the flammable gas and diesel fuel could be safely transferred from the wrecked tanker. “MDOT is on scene. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Highway Patrol, we are working in conjunction to get this cleaned up as soon as possible.”
The condition and identity of the driver injured in that accident has not yet been released. The accident remains under investigation.
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