RIG ROLLS OFF SNOWY PIKE

Elyria – A quick, heavy hit of snow late Thursday night left many roads snow covered and slick. This may have been the cause of a semi driver losing control of his rig on the Ohio Turnpike.

The rig went off the Pike near the 146 Eastbound – just east of the North Abbe Road overpass. The rig busted through a guardrail and came to rest in a ditch about 100 yards off of Route 57. Holes in the rigs fuel tanks caused fuel to begin spilling into the stream, requiring the Elyria Fire Department to respond to control the leak.

Firefighters say just under 200 gallons of diesel fuel spilled out of the rig and into the frozen stream.

Firefighters built dams to prevent the fuel from traveling any further then the immediate area.

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