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About 2,500 gallons spilled from the tanker after it crashed in Castle Pines, South Metro Fire Rescue said.
CASTLE PINES, Colo. — Southbound lanes of Interstate 25 were closed in Castle Pines Saturday morning due to a truck spill.
South Metro Fire Rescue said crews responded at 2:26 a.m. to a rollover crash involving an overturned diesel fuel tanker semi-truck just south of Castle Pines Parkway. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
About 2,500 gallons of the truck’s 8,000-gallon maximum load spilled into the ditch on the side of the interstate from multiple leaks. South Metro spokesperson Brian Willie said hazmat units were able to plug the leaks.
He said none of the spilled fuel has reached any waterways, and that crews built dikes to keep it from spreading.
Willie said an independent environmental agency is working to remove the desiel fuel from the scene
The driver of the tanker was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The interstate was closed at Castle Pines Parkway.
South Metro recommended taking the Castle Pines Parkway exit, turning left onto Hess Road, right onto CO 83 and right on CO 86 to get back onto southbound I-25.
They did not give an estimated time for when the interstate would reopen.
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