U.S. 29 lanes to remain closed until about 7 p.m. after battery acid spill
H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record
Greensboro Fire Department Hazardous Materials team responded to a tractor-trailer carrying chemical containers that overturned, blocking U.S. 29 North in Greensboro, N.C. on Sept. 7, 2016.
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 9:39 am | Updated: 2:40 pm, Wed Sep 7, 2016.
By Danielle Battaglia danielle.battaglia@greensboro.com
Updated 2:26 p.m.
GREENSBORO — Lanes of U.S. 29 will remain closed until about 7 p.m. today, officials said.
Northbound lanes of the highway were closed about 9:35 a.m. after a tractor-trailer overturned at Wendover Avenue, according to a police news release.
Crews are cleaning up battery acid that spilled in the wreck, police said.
The N.C. Department of Transportation has set up a detour around the area.
Greensboro Assistant Fire Chief Dwayne Church said the vehicle appeared to be carrying the hazardous chemicals sodium hydroxide, hypochlorite solution and potassium hydroxide.
"At this point we're holding firefighters in place with hand lines," Church said. "We're in defensive mode and both hazmat teams are on scene."
Guilford County Emergency Medical Services took the driver of the tractor-trailer to Moses Cone Hospital.
Church said the driver was alive when he left the wreck site, but didn't know his current condition.
Firefighters deployed hazardous material monitors near the wreck site but hadn't been alerted to a leak, Church said.
Updated at 10:39 a.m.
GREENSBORO — Hazmat teams are responding to an overturned tractor trailer accident that will likely close northbound lanes of U.S. 29 until some time this evening.
Greensboro Fire Assistant Chief Dwayne Church said the vehicle appears to be carrying the hazardous chemicals sodium hydroxide, hypochlorite solution and potassium hydroxide.
"At this point we're holding firefighters in place with hand lines," Church said. "We're in defensive mode and both HAZMAT teams are on scene."
The single-vehicle wreck closed both northbound lanes of U.S. 29 at Wendover Avenue.
The driver of the tractor trailer was taken to Moses Cone Hospital by Guilford County Emergency Medical Services.
Church said the driver was alive when he left the wreck site, but they don't know his current condition.
Firefighters are using HAZMAT monitors near the wreck site but haven't been alerted to a leak, Church said.
Firefighters remain at a distance from the wreck until HAZMAT teams are ready to approach the vehicle.
Greensboro Police Lt. Chad Williams said the road will likely remain closed into the evening.
Police have set up detours taking motorists around the wreck to Gatewood Avenue.
Updated 9:56 a.m.
GREENSBORO — Police said all lanes of U.S. 29 north at the Wendover Avenue exit are closed following a tractor-trailer wreck.
The truck overturned about 9:35 a.m. in a single-vehicle wreck, police said. It's unknown when the highway will re-open.
Posted 9:39 a.m.
GREENSBORO — An overturned tractor-trailer could cause delays on U.S. 29 northbound.
The wreck happened at the Wendover Avenue exit about 9:35 a.m., police said. Additional details are not immediately available.
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