Elizabeth Twp. spill under investigation
By PAUL PEIRCE
The state Department of Environmental Protection and Elizabeth Township Police are investigating after a tanker truck went over an embankment Thursday and spilled rainwater from a nearby fracking well containment pad.
A portion of the 4,650-gallon load spilled near a tributary of the Youghiogheny River about 9:30 p.m. in the vicinity of Nichols Hill Road and Douglas Run Road, according to Dan Ridenour, deputy chief of the township fire department.
“I can tell you the accident remains under investigation,” Ridenour said. “It was a fully loaded water tanker truck, leaving the well site nearby. It went to make a turn, went over an embankment and overturned.”
Lauren Fraley, DEP’s community relations director, said remediation at the site continued Friday by private contractors with DEP monitoring the situation. However, she said the state agency believes the fluids contained in the tanker truck were not released into the Youghiogheny River.
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