A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS SOUTH-BOUND ON HARECK ROAD
FLIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE AS IT MISSED THE CURVE OF THE OVERPASS OVER ROUTE 531
IN GATES, NEW YORK
January 22, 2015
GATES, N.Y. -- Shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday a tractor
trailer that was south-bound on Hareck Road flipped over on its side. It
happened on an overpass over Route 531 in Gates. The 18-wheeler was exiting
Route 531 onto Hareck Road and appeared to have missed the curve and
overturned.
Gates firefighters said the tractor trailer came to rest on
its side on the overpass. The guardrail kept the truck from going over the edge
of the exit ramp. The crash tore the top of the trailer off, spilling some of
the cargo, which was all paper products. The female driver suffered minor
injuries. The big issue for fire crews was dealing with the fuel spill.
"Right now, it's not bad because with the temperatures
being low, with diesel fuel it's a type one combustible liquid, so you need to
have some high temperatures to ignite and get it started. We're pretty
comfortable right now, if we did have any concerns, we'd be putting down a foam
blanket to make sure we had no ignition fire source there," said Gates
Fire Chief Jim Harrington.
Harrington said fire crews and emergency personnel will be
on the crews for about three hours as they try to get the truck upright and
deal with the fuel spill. Hareck Road leads from Route 531 to Rochester Tech
Park.