Rolled over fuel tanker shuts down eastbound I-90
Dec 4, 2015, 6:01 AM | Updated: 11:04 am
I-90 near North Bend reopened more than nine hours after a fuel tanker tipped over early Friday morning. (Washington State Patrol)
(Washington State Patrol)
A rolled over fuel tanker shut down a portion of eastbound I-90 Friday morning.
The crash occurred at milepost 80 near the top of Snoqualmie Pass around 1:30 a.m., according to Washington State Patrol Trooper Darren Wright. A fuel spill caused a delay in righting the truck.
Eastbound I-90 was blocked to traffic near North Bend. The roadway reopened to traffic at approximately 11 a.m.
At 6:20 a.m. Trooper Wright reported that a response team arrived to pump the fuel out of the tipped tanker, into another tank.
I90 Update- Response team has just arrived to drill the tank so they can pump remaining fuel off to another tank. No estimate on time
— Trooper Wright (@wspd6pio)
More than 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled out, according to the Department of Ecology. The department is monitoring the Cle Elum River.
Daylight photo of rolled over tanker I90 EB mp 81.
— Trooper Wright (@wspd6pio)
