Hazmat Responds to 18-Wheeler Accident in
Reeves County, TEXAS. 43,000 POUNDS OF
FORMALDEHYDE WERE BEING TRANSPORTED BY THE TANKER.
Posted: Dec 29, 2014 11:54 AM EST Updated: Dec 29, 2014
11:54 AM EST
REEVES COUNTY – HAZMAT officials were called out to a
rollover accident in Reeves County on Monday morning.
The accident happened on Interstate 10 near mile marker 222
just before 1:30 a.m.
DPS Troopers tell NewsWest 9, an 18-wheeler with a towed
tanker was traveling westbound on Interstate 10 when the vehicle failed to
negotiate a curve and drove off the roadway.
The driver, 41-year-old Arrington Jerome Augustus, overcorrected
in an attempt to gain control of the vehicle but overturned as did the towed
tanker.
Officials say the tanker was transporting over 43,000
pounds of formaldehyde.
The tanker sustained minimal damage to the cargo tank.