SEMI CRASH THROUGH THE GUARDRAIL AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT CAUSES FUEL LEAK ON I-24 IN NASHVILLE, TN
January 30, 2015
NASHVILLE,
Tenn. (WKRN) – A tractor trailer ran off the road early Friday morning crashing
into a guardrail and causing a diesel fuel leak in south Nashville.
Police
on scene told News 2 the driver was traveling west on Interstate 24 near Briley
Parkway when he left the roadway around 4:30 a.m.
The
semi crashed through the guardrail and down an embankment. The driver wasn’t
injured.
The
off-ramp remained open, but the wreck slowed traffic in the area.
HAZMAT
crews were called to the scene to help clear the fuel leak.
The
accident was cleared by 6:30 a.m.