THE TIP-OVER OR ROLLOVER RISKS OF TRUCKS: SEMI TRUCK TIPPED ONTO ITS SIDE AFTER TRAVELING TOO FAST AROUND THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 60. LIQUID CATTLE FEED ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY.
January 30,
2015
Weld,
Colorado:
Colorado
Highway 60 is closed near Milliken on Friday morning after a semi wrecked and
spilled liquid cattle feed on the roadway.
The highway
will be closed at Two Rivers Parkway, just north of the South Platte River,
until about about 11:40 a.m., according Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh
Lewis. No one was injured in the one-vehicle crash.
“This is
not a hazmat situation , but obviously it’s a little bit messy,” Lewis said.
The highway will be closed while safety workers clean the cattle feed from the
road. The feed spilled after the trailer the semi was hauling ruptured.
CSP
received the call about the crash shortly before 9 a.m. Friday. According to
the agency’s Twitter feed, the semi tipped onto its left side after traveling
too quickly around the corner of Highway 60 where the road turns from eastbound
to southbound.
The driver
of the vehicle will likely be cited, Lewis said.
Drivers can
travel U.S. Highway 85 on the east and Weld County Road 19 to get around the
closure, CSP tweeted.