Crime & Safety
Diesel Spill After Truck Crashes Into a Tree in Newton
Tremont Street was closed for a time Monday as crews worked to contain the leak.
NEWTON, MA – Emergency crews worked Monday to contain a diesel leak after a truck crashed into a tree in Newton.
The Newton Fire Department said the crash occurred around on Tremont Street near the Boston line. Tremont Street was closed for a time while crews worked to contain the spill.
Newton Fire Department spokesman Eric Fricke told the Newton TAB that it was not known how much of the truck's 80-gallon tank had spilled out, though the city's hazmat spill contractor was called.
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The driver of the truck was taken to the hospital.
E-1 L-3 & C-2 working a truck into a tree on Tremont St. near the Boston line. ERU to the scene for a diesel leak. 1 pnt to @StElizabethsMC pic.twitter.com/i3QYGtXfPK
— Newton Fire (@NewtonFireDept) January 30, 2017
Image via Newton Fire Department Twitter
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