Medical helicopter, HazMat called to Route 40 rollover truck crash
Alyssa Choiniere | Herald-Standard
The Fayette County Hazardous Materials Response Team and other first responders treat fluid pooled on Route 40 West with absorbent paper and lye after a driver lost control of his semi-trailer near the Hopwood exit in South Union Township at 10:40 a.m. Friday. A pool of fluid is visible beyond the edge of the paper. The driver was flown from the scene by medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. Westbound traffic was diverted to the exit ramp until the scene was cleared.
Alyssa Choiniere | Herald-Standard
Alyssa Choiniere | Herald-Standard State police investigate a rollover semi-trailer crash on Route 40 west near the Hopwood exit Friday morning. The driver was flown from the scene by medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Fayette County Hazardous Materials Response Team treated fluids pooled on the road. The driver was flown from the scene by medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia.
A semi-trailer rolled onto its side on Route 40 west Friday morning, injuring the driver and leaking fluid near the Hopwood exit in South Union Township.
Westbound traffic was diverted to the Hopwood exit.
A medical helicopter and Fayette County Hazardous Materials Response Team were both called to the scene after the crash at 10:40 a.m., along with state police and local fire and ambulance services, officials said.
The driver was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, according to a Fayette County 911 supervisor. The condition of the driver is not yet known.
Light smoke emanated from the truck about 30 minutes after the crash. Fluids pooled on the roadway. First responders spread absorbent paper and lye on the spill.
Deep tire tracks were left in a grassy area between the exit ramp and the road, veering up an embankment above the ramp, skirting the edge of the roadway and ending with the truck flipped onto its passenger side.
Winds gusted from the road down the embankment Friday morning.
More information will be released as it becomes available.