Pesticide spilled onto SR 347 during crash

Pesticide spilled onto SR 347 during crash

A crash between a box truck and tractor-trailer left a large pesticide spill along State Route 347 near Riggs Road on April 25. One driver suffered minor injuries. The highway was shut down while crews cleaned up the spill, but it has since been reopened.

A collision between two commercial trucks registered on Friday caused injuries and the closure of a section of the SR-347 state road, heading north, at the intersection with Riggs Road. The accident, which occurred around 8:43 a.m., involved a box-type truck and a tractor-truck towing two semi-trailers. After the impact, the box truck overturned, pouring its pesticide load onto the track. The truck driver was transported to a hospital with injur…