Tanker truck rolls off road, leaking oil into Clallam County creek
Jul 18, 2025, 1:38 PM | Updated: 1:39 pm
A tanker truck rolled into a creek in Clallam County. (Photo courtesy of WSP)
(Photo courtesy of WSP)
A tanker truck went off the road and rolled into a creek in Clallam County, the Washington State Patrol reported Friday around 11 a.m.
The truck is currently leaking petroleum into Indian Creek at U.S. 101 at milepost 238.
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The road is fully blocked, with Joyce Piedmont Road to State Route 112 being used as an alternate route.
“Please use caution in the area as traffic is alternating,” WSP .
The Department of Ecology has been notified, and the driver was transported to a nearby hospital as a precaution.
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