Coffeyville, KS.—Melting snow over the past few hours has revealed a fuel spill along a walking path beside Highway-166 west of Coffeyville city that apparently happened when a tractor-trailer truck went off the road several days ago.
The Kansas Department of Transportation says an oily slick was contained by a barrier and did not appear to have made it to the nearest storm drain that takes runoff into the nearby Verdigris River. The oily layer was an inch thick in some spots.
According to the Montgomery County Police dispatch records, it was snowing hard after a truck went over a guardrail and the spill went unnoticed.
The accident occurred Feb. 10 and was one of a number of accidents reported that day.
The Kansas Department of Transportation says an oily slick was contained by a barrier and did not appear to have made it to the nearest storm drain that takes runoff into the nearby Verdigris River. The oily layer was an inch thick in some spots.
According to the Montgomery County Police dispatch records, it was snowing hard after a truck went over a guardrail and the spill went unnoticed.
The accident occurred Feb. 10 and was one of a number of accidents reported that day.