HazMat Spill Closes Route 219
No one was hurt, but hazardous material spilled, in an accident involving two Mack trucks at about 6:30 this morning on Route 219 about a quarter of a mile south of California Road in Ridgway Township.
State police say a Mack truck driven by 30-year-old Jaron Cook Sr. of Baltimore, Md., went out of control and began to fishtail on the icy road. 37-year-old George Machcoviak of Johsonburg attempted to avoid a collsion by driving his Mack truck into the opposite lane but hit Cook's truck causing it to jackknife and slide off the road. Machcoviak's truck spun around and turned over.
The tanker trailer of Mackcoviak's truck was damaged causing aluminum sulfate to leak.
A HazMat crew, the Ridgway Township and Horton Township fire departments and Elk County EMS were on the scene, and the road was closed.
Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.
State police say a Mack truck driven by 30-year-old Jaron Cook Sr. of Baltimore, Md., went out of control and began to fishtail on the icy road. 37-year-old George Machcoviak of Johsonburg attempted to avoid a collsion by driving his Mack truck into the opposite lane but hit Cook's truck causing it to jackknife and slide off the road. Machcoviak's truck spun around and turned over.
The tanker trailer of Mackcoviak's truck was damaged causing aluminum sulfate to leak.
A HazMat crew, the Ridgway Township and Horton Township fire departments and Elk County EMS were on the scene, and the road was closed.
Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.
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