200 gallons of fuel spilled from truck in North Strabane crash
North Strabane Township police and firefighters said 200 gallons of diesel fuel spilled when a tanker truck crashed on Thomas-Eighty Four Road near Long Drive Tuesday afternoon.
The truck, driven by Joseph A. Yanniello Jr., 45, of 1072 Lynn Portal Road, Washington, was hauling about 6,000 gallons of fuel, said fire Chief Mark Grimm.
Emergency responders were able to contain the leak.
“Our main concern was keeping the fuel out of the sanitary and storm sewers,” Grimm said. “It took awhile to offload the truck.”
Crews were on the scene for almost five hours. The Washington County Hazardous Material Team and state Department of Environmental Protection also responded.