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Tractor-trailer collision creates environmental mess at Hyatt Street truck stop
A tractor-trailer that had parked in the Pilot Truck Stop at about midday on Friday apparently got away from its driver and rolled across the large lot into another parked tractor-trailer at the rear of the property. The driver of the parked rig, owned by Am-Can Transportation of Williamston, S.C., was eating lunch in his cab when the other tractortrailer headed directly toward him. The runaway vehicle, owned by A Good Enterprises of Lithonia, Ga., then collided with the passenger side of the stationary big rig and punctured its massive diesel fuel tank, spilling an undetermined amount of diesel fuel into the parking lot. The Gaffney Fire Department and Cherokee County Emergency Preparedness Director Ricky Peterson immediately responded to the fuel spill. The first orders of business for Gaffney firefighters was to stop the tank from leaking more fuel, which was accomplished by sealing the hole with a special putty, and to create a small dam to stop pooling rainwater topped by a green diesel fuel slick from going down a storm drain into a nearby retention pond. Two environmental cleanup companies were subsequently called to the scene. Both companies used large vacuum trucks to suck up all the rainwater and diesel fuel. No one was injured, but the cleanup took several hours. Officials at the scene said A Good Enterprises would be responsible for the cleanup costs. |
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