MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A tank trailer carrying fertilizer that overturned on Saturday required a hazmat cleanup that authorities said lasted several hours.
The crash occurred at approximately 10:42 a.m. Saturday on Butts Canyon Road north of the Lake-Napa County line, according to a report from the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
The CHP said a 29-year-old St. Helena man, whose name was not released, was driving a late model Chevy pickup pulling a small tank trailer partially filled with a liquid fertilizer.
While traveling in the northbound lane through a sweeping left curve, the driver abruptly turned his combination of vehicles to the right, causing the towed trailer to overturn and spill most of its chemical contents in the roadway, according to the CHP.
As a result of the chemical spill, the CHP said both lanes of Butts Canyon Road were closed for more than six hours to necessitate cleanup efforts.
Reports from the scene indicated that Lake County Environmental Health was among the agencies responding to the incident.
The CHP said no injuries resulted from the crash, and the driver was wearing his seat belt.
Neither drugs nor alcohol played a role in what led to the wreck, the CHP said.
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Overturned tank trailer leads to hazmat cleanup
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