APRIL 3, 2015
HUTCHINS, TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM)
Traffic was slowed to a crawl in Hutchins early Friday
morning after a big rig crash resulted in a fuel spill all over the highway. It
happened just before 3:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate-45, near
the intersection with Dowdy Ferry Road in southeast Dallas County.
Details surrounding the actual crash are still under
investigation.
But, according to officials with Dallas Fire-Rescue,
hazardous materials teams were dispatched to the scene to clean up as much as
200 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled after the crash broke open the big
rig’s fuel tank.
That vehicle has already been moved away from the scene.
There has been no word yet about the driver’s condition, or what may have
caused this crash to take place.
Crews had shut down the entire northbound side of the
freeway for a time early Friday morning, but at least one lane is now open to
traffic. Workers have put down a fuel absorbant material, but there is no word
about when the interstate is going to fully opened again.
As we have been reporting over the years, the big rig fuel tanks spill millions of gallons of fuel every year because they are so easy to pierce. Much better spill-proof design is required. Imagine the savings in fuel costs, EMS personnel costs, explosion/fire costs, and so on.
Source: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/