According to the on-call firefighter, the snowdrifts on the road prevented diesel from running into the terrain.
Truck collided with the railings of the roadway in Nousiainen, Southwest Finland, on Monday night, which punctured its fuel tank. The accident happened on Highway 8 after 0.30.
An estimated one thousand liters of diesel leaked into the roadway, says the firefighter on duty Christian Antila. However, the diesel did not have time to drain into the environment, as it was blocked by the snow walls that lined the road.
“We got it dammed, and we estimated it would spread with our own oil booms. We absorbed diesel into peat and sucking peat. Finally, together with Destia, we spread more sand on it, ”says Antila.
The rescue department was present during the clean-up work for about four hours.
Antilan according to the truck driver lost control of the vehicle on a slippery road. However, after the accident, he got a truck in one of the two lanes, so other traffic got past him.
According to Antila, there were quite a few small traffic accidents in the area due to the slippery weather.
The accident no longer affected traffic on Monday morning.
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