Tractor-Trailer Hauling Asbestos Flips On Interstate 70

POSTED: 3:21 pm EDT June 5, 2006
UPDATED: 3:40 pm EDT June 5, 2006

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. -- An accident on Interstate 70 caused a traffic mess on Monday morning.

Police said that a tractor-trailer that was hauling asbestos jackknifed near Bentleyville.

The accident ruptured the fuel tank , which caused a diesel-fuel leak.

Traffic was detoured for a time but as of Monday afternoon, one lane was reopened.

Police said the driver was not injured.

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