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Jackknifed Tractor-Trailer Spills Fuel On Snow-Covered I-84 Stretch

Fuel had to be cleaned from a snow-covered stretch of Interstate 84  in Connecticut following a crash involving a tractor-trailer. 

An Amazon tractor-trailer crashed on I-84 in Willington, spilling fuel.

An Amazon tractor-trailer crashed on I-84 in Willington, spilling fuel.

Photo Credit: Environmental Services, Inc.
Authorities clean up a fuel spill resulting from a tractor-trailer crash on I-84 in Willington.

Authorities clean up a fuel spill resulting from a tractor-trailer crash on I-84 in Willington.

Photo Credit: Environmental Services, Inc.

The crash happened in Tolland County on Tuesday morning, Feb. 28, when an Amazon tractor-trailer crashed on Interstate 84 westbound in Willington between Exit 71 and Exit 72, according to state police. 

The tractor-trailer became jackknifed and spilled fuel as a result of the crash, police said. Officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Environmental Services, Inc. then responded to the scene and were able to clean up the spill. 

There were no injuries related to the crash. 

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