A truck owned by Midstates Petroleum Company overturned on
Alabama Highway 124 around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, spilling nearly 8,000 gallons
of diesel fuel between the road and the railroad track. Daily Mountain Eagle -
Jennifer Cohron
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
TOWNLEY, ALABAMA
A tanker truck overturned on Alabama Highway 124 in Townley Thursday
morning, spilling nearly 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel between the road and a
nearby railroad track.
The accident occured around 10:30 a.m. in a curve near the
intersection of Highway 124 and Pleasant Hill Road.
The rollover risk of tanker trucks is very significant. If the driver is going fast when he takes
that turn, then the tanker truck will overturn and rollover as it happened in
this instance. In fact, the road has
signs for for a sharp turn. Bad driving,
all around.