UPDATE: Dry Fork Road Reopens Hours After Truck Crash

UDPATE: Dry Fork Road closed Thursday afternoon. It didn't reopen until Friday morning.

Spillage from the tanker truck crash on Dry Fork Road in Harrison on Thursday, May 30. Photo by Harrison Fire Department.

Update published Friday, May 31 at 6:32 a.m.:

More than half a day later, Dry Fork Road is back open in Harrison after a tanker truck crash closed it.

The large truck collided with a utility pole and overturned on Dry Fork Road between West and Short roads Thursday afternoon.

The accident involved a chemical spill which required HazMat crews to clean. Some of the spillage flowed into a nearby creek.

Duke Energy also had to repair the damaged utility pole.

Dry Fork Road was closed through the night. It did not reopen until around 5:30 Friday morning.

 

Original story published Thursday, May 30 at 1:35 p.m.:

(Whitewater Township, Oh.) - Dry Fork Road is closed due to an accident.

Hamilton County Dispatch says a tanker truck overturned on Dry Fork Road between West and Short roads around 12:24 p.m.

The truck reportedly spilled over a 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

No injuries were reported. 

Dry Fork Road is closed until further notice. 

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