County agency contains diesel spill
The Anderson County Emergency Management Agency stopped a truck’s diesel fuel leak last week, allowing for Interstate 75 North past Exit 122 to reopen.
An agency Facebook post announced the accident when it occurred on Thursday, Feb. 5.
Joseph Mead, the agency’s director, told The Courier News that his agency was notified at 4:11 a.m.
A tractor-trailer traveling northbound on I-75 struck an unknown object, which pierced a hole in the fuel tank causing about 125-150 gallons of fuel to leak onto the roadway, blocking both lanes, Mead said.
Damage to the truck’s air system reportedly worsened the problem.
Mead said emergency management personnel contained the leak in about 45 minutes.
The roadway reopened that same day at 7 a.m.
