Tractor trailer diesel leak on interstate shoulder, Albany NY
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Fire & ArsonA tractor trailer at mile marker 163 eastbound on interstate 90 had a mechanical failure causing a diesel fuel leak on the right shoulder. Fire department and maintenance crews are responding to stop the leak and clean up the fuel.
Audio|Heard on: New York State Thruway Authority - Albany Division
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Transcript:
00:00
This vehicle I'm out at mile marker 163 eastbound.
00:05
Be a car hauler.
00:07
It can be a...
00:10
Virginia portion of registration.
00:14
(name withheld) (number withheld).
00:18
This isn't the vehicle that struck the deer.
00:21
This vehicle is going to be mechanical.
00:23
It's going to need a heavy tow-off.
00:25
Also,
00:26
a large amount of diesel fuel on the ground.
00:29
The drive shaft snapped and hit the fuel tank.
00:34
See, bye.
00:39
That's Reese, did you need a cell number?
00:46
That's a firm.
00:47
I also have a New York plan ID when ready.
00:56
Go ahead, 7-2-2.
01:02
(number withheld).
01:06
(number withheld).
01:08
Is there another description of the vehicle that hit the deer? I have another vehicle that has gone approximately a quarter mile in front of me, but I'll be out with this so I figure out what's going on.
01:25
7-2. It just stated it's a tractor trailer versus the right shoulder.
01:30
It was called in by 541 pass-in-by, it looks like.
01:34
So it said it was partially in the right lane.
01:38
And you did say for this one that you're out with, though, you do need a cell number, correct?
01:44
That's affirmed.
01:45
The diesel fuel is actively leaking.
01:47
You can send the fire department for stopping the leak.
01:52
He spoke with the maintenance worker out behind me.
01:54
He's having the crew come out with speedy dry as well.
01:59
Just be a bit.
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I-90, Albany, NY
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