MEC&F Expert Engineers : OIL TRUCK SKIDS OFF ROAD, FLIPS TO ITS SIDE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD

Monday, February 23, 2015

OIL TRUCK SKIDS OFF ROAD, FLIPS TO ITS SIDE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD




FEBRUARY 23, 2015

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, GAITHERSBURG, MD

Slippery roads and careless driving for the road conditions caused an oil truck to skid off a driveway and tip over in Gaithersburg, in Montgomery County Monday morning.

Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service, says it happened on Goshen View Drive in Laytonsville, Maryland.

A truck was making a delivery of heating oil when it started sliding and overturned.

It was carrying 2,500 gallons of oil.

No one was hurt.

Hazardous materials teams are on the scene to help with the cleanup.