Truck dumps hazardous material after slipping on roadway
MAYSVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A truck driver has been injured and part of a load of hazardous cargo dumped when the driver lost control on an ice-covered roadway in northeastern Kentucky and the truck turned over into a creek.
Kentucky State Police say 43-year-old Russell R. Leach of Duff, Tennessee, was northbound on Springdale Road in eastern Mason County delivering a blasting agent, ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixture. The Ledger-Independent said the delivery was headed to a lime and stone mine.
The newspaper said the driver suffered a broken arm and other injuries and was treated at a hospital and released.
Police said the Kentucky Department of Environmental Response was sent to direct cleanup. Springdale Road was expected to be closed into the night.
