HAZARDOUS TRUCK LEAK BLOCKS NORTHBOUND LANE OF PURCHASE PARKWAY

August 23, 2019

ACCORDING TO KEITH TODD WITH THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET, THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE PURCHASE PARKWAY ARE BLOCKED AT THE KENTUCKY TENNESSEE STATE LINE AS THE RESULT OF A TRUCK LEAKING A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

DURING AN INSPECTION AT THE FULTON WEIGH STATION, AN INSPECTOR FOUND WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS A SMALL LEAK, SODIUM HYDROSULFIDE.

AT THIS TIME, ACCORDING TO THE RELEASE, A HAZMAT TEAM IS ON THE WAY TO THE SITE. NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON THE PURCHASE PARKWAY HAS BEEN BLOCKED.