Fuel Spill Closes Highway 11
A car vs. semi resulted in an accident with no injuries but about 100 gallons of diesel fuel spilled all over the roadway.
A car hit a semi full of diesel fuel, causing a fuel spill in the 9800 block of Durand Avenue that has closed the roadway for the next several hours. According to Sturtevant Police Chief Sean Marschke, a semi truck was turning westbound onto Durand Avenue from Commercial Avenue when it was stopped by the lowered gates at the railroad tracks. As soon as the gates were raised, a driver traveling east drove across the tracks and hit the semi truck, puncturing the gas tank and causing the fuel spill. "This is considered a minor accident with no injuries," Marschke told Patch while he was on scene helping direct traffic. He estimated about 100 gallons of fuel were spilled. Traffic is completely shut down in both directions between Wisconsin …
Ron
5:44 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Semi-truck drivers are supposed to wait, just like any other drivers, until there is enough room for his truck to fit into traffic but I have seen them "bully" their way out of places, thinking that no-one will want to hit a truck so they have the right of way! FAIL! more ›