January 22, 2008

Truck crashes into ditch

       A small box truck slid into a drainage ditch in front of the Texas Roadhouse Restaurant earlier this morning after the driver misjudged the turn onto Marlin Drive.  The driver of the truck was not injured and did not require any treatment at the scene.  The incident occurred just before 7 a.m. and caused the truck to land on its side and spill fluids onto the ground.  Fire department hazardous materials team members used special equipment to control the leaking fluids.  The Indiana Department of Environmental Management was called due to the proximity of a waterway and that several different engine fluids had leaked from the truck.  Firefighters were on the scene for about an hour-and-a-half performing clean-up operations.
 

           
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