Friday, August 28, 2009
Part of U.S. 460 in Giles Co. remains closed following wreck
Updated: 3:31 p.m.
Crews estimate the west right lane of U.S. 460 in Giles County near Lurich Road will be closed until about 8 p.m., according to Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Heidi Underwood.
A pump truck needed to offload the lime from the tractor-trailer had to travel in from South Carolina, Underwood said.
Posted: 5:42 a.m. | Updated: 7:44 a.m.
A tractor-trailer wreck on U.S. 460 westbound in Giles County is expected to keep the right lane closed for several more hours, officials said.
The wreck happened about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to 911 supervisor John Davis. A truck carrying chemical lime overturned near Lurich Road in Glen Lyn, he said.
No one was taken to the hospital as a result of the wreck, Davis said, though he was unsure if there were any injuries that required treatment on the scene.
Davis said he did not believe any lime had spilled from the trailer, but fire crews have stayed in the area overnight as a precaution.
A vacuum truck due to arrive on scene shortly will offload the lime.
"The hazmat team will respond back down there just to make sure everything's OK," he said.
Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Heidi Underwood estimated the right lane would remain closed until noon.
Crews estimate the west right lane of U.S. 460 in Giles County near Lurich Road will be closed until about 8 p.m., according to Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Heidi Underwood.
A pump truck needed to offload the lime from the tractor-trailer had to travel in from South Carolina, Underwood said.
Posted: 5:42 a.m. | Updated: 7:44 a.m.
A tractor-trailer wreck on U.S. 460 westbound in Giles County is expected to keep the right lane closed for several more hours, officials said.
The wreck happened about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to 911 supervisor John Davis. A truck carrying chemical lime overturned near Lurich Road in Glen Lyn, he said.
No one was taken to the hospital as a result of the wreck, Davis said, though he was unsure if there were any injuries that required treatment on the scene.
Davis said he did not believe any lime had spilled from the trailer, but fire crews have stayed in the area overnight as a precaution.
A vacuum truck due to arrive on scene shortly will offload the lime.
"The hazmat team will respond back down there just to make sure everything's OK," he said.
Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Heidi Underwood estimated the right lane would remain closed until noon.
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