CLARION TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Emergency crews responded to a tractor trailer rollover crash involving a fuel spill on Interstate 80 in Clarion County late Sunday afternoon.
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Clarion County 9-1-1 received a call reporting a motor vehicle accident near the 68-mile marker of Interstate 80 westbound around 4:51 p.m. on Sunday, July 14.
Clarion Fire & Hose Company No. 1, Clarion Hospital Ambulance and Clarion-based State Police were dispatched to the scene.
LifeFlight was placed on standby.
According to Chief Doug Preston of Clarion Fire & Hose Company No. 1, the accident involved a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle.
Clarion County Emergency Management Agency, PennDOT and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) were also called to the scene due to a diesel fuel leak.
One person was transported from the scene by ambulance.
The scene was cleared around 7:23 p.m.
No additional details are available at this time.
Police are expected to release additional information within the next 48 hours.
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