RANDOLPH, Utah, Sept. 24, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — A tanker filled with gasoline rolled over Thursday morning on State Route 16 near Randolph, and the driver had to be extricated and flown by air to an area hospital.
From Gephart Daily "The single-vehicle accident happened at 10:51 a.m. near mile marker 19 of SR-16, Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Chris Bishop told Gephardt Daily. The driver was critically injured.
The tanker has leaked, and the cleanup will keep the roadway closed to traffic for multiple hours, Bishop said at 12: 55 p.m. Thursday.
FOX News reported:"RANDOLPH, Utah — An estimated 6,000 gallons of fuel spilled on State Road 16 near Randolph after a tanker overturned outside the city.
The Utah Highway Patrol says the tanker driver was injured in the single-vehicle accident and airlifted from the scene in critical condition.
In photos sent out by officials, the tanker appeared to catch on fire as gasoline flowed from the tanks.
SR-16 was closed for several hours as crews from Rich County cleaned up the fuel spill.
Two days later, another fuel tanker overturned in Laketown Canyon, the driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Hazmat crews had to drill into the tankers to drain fuel but worked quickly to open the road.
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