TRAFFIC REMAINS DETOURED AS OF 1 PM AFTER RIG SPILLS FERTILIZER ON SR443 IN WEST PENN TOWNSHIP

Image courtesy Dawn May — Image courtesy of Dawn May

UPDATE: As of 3:30 PM, traffic is being detoured while PPL repairs the snapped pole. Unofficial info on Facebook stated that some traffic was allowed to pass earlier.

UPDATE: Still detoured as of 1:30 PM.

As of 1 PM today (Wednesday, September 2, 2015), traffic is being detoured around a section of Penn Drive (SR443) in West Penn Township after a trailer hauling municipal residual waste (turned fertilizer) this morning disconnected from a truck, snapped a PPL utility pole, and spilled its contents all over the road and adjacent yards.
The incident occurred around 6 AM this morning just west of the Spring Road intersection and Mantzville Road.

Image courtesy Cynthia Lynn. — Image courtesy of Cynthia Lynn

Fire police are detouring traffic around the scene.
No more information is known.

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