Semi-Truck
Accident Causes Fuel Spill in San Luis Ray River, IN San Diego, California
The crash caused
damage to the saddle tanks on the truck and diesel fuel leaked from the freeway
to the San Luis Ray River.
Friday, Dec 12, 2014
• Updated at 6:52 PM PST
A semi-truck hit a
guard rail on an Oceanside freeway, causing 100 gallons of fuel to spill onto
the freeway and into the river below.
The accident
happened during the heavy morning rain Friday on Interstate 5 near the Harbor
Drive exit, the Oceanside Fire Department said. The crash caused damage to the
saddle tanks on the truck, and diesel fuel leaked from the freeway to the San
Luis Ray River.
Authorities said Haz
Mat crews responded, as well as County Health, County Haz Mat, Camp Pendelton
Haz Mat, California Highway Patrol and Cal Trans. Fish and Game, the Coast
Guard and National Response Center were also notified for assessment and clean
up purposes.
The river is not
currently spilling into the ocean on the other side of the sand, but Fish and
Game will evaluate the river basin near the harbor's south jetty, the fire
department said.
The driver, a man in
his 40s, suffered moderate injuries and was transported to Scripps La Jolla
trauma center.