Authorities Say Tolland Site of Chemical-Carrying Truck Crash is Clean

TOLLAND, CT — The site of a truck crash on Interstate-84 involving chemicals has come up clean after testing, according to Tolland Alert.

The truck was out of the ditch between exits 67 and 68 eastbound and ready for towing by lunchtime on Tuesday.

That ended a cleanup period of a day-and-a-half after the Sunday night crash. The truck was coming from the Dallas area with a load of hazardous chemicals in containers, police and fire officials said.

The tractor-trailer skidded off the highway and rolled onto its side on an embankment, state police said.

Mark DeCarprio of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said the chemicals included peroxides, various types of acid and some ammonia solutions.

See the full crash account here.

I-84 was closed between the exits for several hours and some residents had to be evacuated.

Check out the Tolland Fire Department video:

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