STATE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS HAD TO BE CONTACTED FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY, NEAR THE CALDWELL COUNTY-HOPKINS COUNTY LINE. ACCORDING TO STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND PRINCETON ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF TIM COOK, THE SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 4:09AM THURSDAY MORNING AND RESULTED IN A TRACTOR TRAILER TURNING OVER ONTO ITS SIDE AND SPILLING DIESEL FUEL INTO THE DITCHLINE ALONG THE EASTBOUND LANES OF THE PARKWAY, NEAR THE 21.5 MILE MARKER. THE DRIVER OF THE RIG WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.
HOWEVER, DIESEL FUEL FROM THE SADDLE TANK OF THE RIG SPILLED INTO THE DITCHLINE. FIREFIGHTERS PLACED A BOX OF PAD AND A BOX OF PIGS IN THE DITCH IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE FUEL FROM REACHING THE TRADEWATER RIVER. AFTER FIREFIGHTERS HAD LEFT THE SCENE, A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY NOTICED A FILM ON THE TRADEWATER RIVER. AT THAT POINT, OFFICIALS WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL CREW WERE CONTACTED.
EASTBOUND TRAFFIC WAS RESTRICTED TO ONE LANE FOR SEVERAL HOURS FOLLOWING THE EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT.
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