A gasoline tanker crash Thursday morning caused US-56 to be closed for more than 16 hours.
A state trooper, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters from McPherson, Conway and Windom, McPherson EMS personnel and Emergency Management personnel responded to the one-vehicle accident on US-56, west of 4th Avenue, at 7 a.m. Thursday.
The driver, Brian Rhea, McPherson, was driving a semi, owned by Groendyke, and was loaded with 8,554 gallons of fuel, consisting of 5,293 gallons of ethanol and 3,261 gallons of unleaded gasoline.
Rhea was eastbound and lost control due to slick conditions and slid off the roadway into the south ditch. The accident caused the tanker-trailer to rupture and the majority of the load to spill. Rhea was not hurt. The trailer overturned and came to rest on its top and the truck-tractor remained upright. Firefighters remained on scene until 3:49 p.m. Thursday. Law enforcement officers and a hazardous material crew were on scene until the highway re-opened at 11:45 p.m. Other agencies responding include: Kansas Department of Transportation, Rice and McPherson County, Windom Police Department, McPherson County Public Works and the McPherson Red Cross chapter.
No dollar estimate of the damage is available.
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A gasoline tanker crash Thursday morning caused US-56 to be closed for more than 16 hours.
A state trooper, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters from McPherson, Conway and Windom, McPherson EMS personnel and Emergency Management personnel responded to the one-vehicle accident on US-56, west of 4th Avenue, at 7 a.m. Thursday.
The driver, Brian Rhea, McPherson, was driving a semi, owned by Groendyke, and was loaded with 8,554 gallons of fuel, consisting of 5,293 gallons of ethanol and 3,261 gallons of unleaded gasoline.
Rhea was eastbound and lost control due to slick conditions and slid off the roadway into the south ditch. The accident caused the tanker-trailer to rupture and the majority of the load to spill. Rhea was not hurt. The trailer overturned and came to rest on its top and the truck-tractor remained upright. Firefighters remained on scene until 3:49 p.m. Thursday. Law enforcement officers and a hazardous material crew were on scene until the highway re-opened at 11:45 p.m. Other agencies responding include: Kansas Department of Transportation, Rice and McPherson County, Windom Police Department, McPherson County Public Works and the McPherson Red Cross chapter.
No dollar estimate of the damage is available.
