This story originally appeared on 6abc.
A tanker truck crash shut down both directions of the Route 1 Media Bypass in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County for several hours Monday, after the vehicle overturned and spilled thousands of gallons of home heating oil.
The incident occurred around 9 a.m., when the northbound tanker lost control and rolled across a bridge, according to Upper Providence Fire Marshal Alan Mancill.
“Evidently, he was heading northbound here and lost control, and the truck did roll across the bridge,” Mancill said. “They said numerous times, but nobody has been able to determine how many times the truck has rolled.”
When the vehicle came to a stop, the cab was left hanging over the cement barrier of the bridge, and the tank had ruptured.
“Large gaping holes in the tank, and approximately 2,000 gallons of home heating oil had run out of the tank onto the bridge and down the side of the bridge and mostly to the dirt areas down below,” Mancill said.