Propane tank trailer overturns in residential area
Jan 12From today’s posts at the Dayton Daily News web site:
WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County — A short tanker truck with a propane tank trailer, delivering propane to a residence on Sugar Ridge Lane, dropped off the shoulder of the driveway at 2469 Sugar Ridge lane shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, causing the trailer to turn over, Washington Twp. Fire Public Information Officer Rich Palmer said.
“It’s not leaking so there appears to be no immediate hazard to the environment or neighborhood,” he said.
Palmer said the truck, which belongs to Century Propane, holds 3,400 gallons of propane, but only had 2,800 gallons on board. The truck was pulling out from the residence that has a long driveway with a small bridge going over a creek. The back wheel of the trailer dropped off the bridge into the creek area, turning over the trailer, Palmer said.
The driver of the tow truck company called to pull the truck out of the ditch said he believes he can right the truck and pull it out without having to transfer the propane to another truck, Palmer said.
“There’s no leakage, no break, and no hazard to the environment or to neighbors,” he said. The driver also had no injuries, he said.
The tow truck driver called the sheriff’s dispatch for fire department backup, which sent an engine and its hazmat vehicle, which responds to minor incidents, Palmer said.
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