KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Police Department said a tanker truck was traveling too fast when it overturned on the ramp from I-40 East onto Cherry Street Monday, spilling fuel and closing the ramp.
According to the incident report, KPD said the tanker truck was coming down the ramp from I-40 East around 9:30 p.m. that night, but said it was moving too fast for conditions and unable to slow down. The report said it tried to make a right-hand turn onto Cherry Street, but couldn't complete the turn and hit a median -- causing it to flip onto the driver's side.
The crash damaged the fuel tanker -- which KPD said leaked out most, if not all, of its 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel onto Cherry Street.
Clean-up efforts took a significant amount of time due to the large amount of diesel fuel that was spilled, according to KPD.