8/26/14 - Livingston County crews assisted with cleanup after a semi-truck carrying barrels of chemicals turned over and was hit by another vehicle on southbound US-23 near M-14 yesterday. The truck was carrying 80 barrels of silicon-based chemicals used as cleaners or in personal care products. According to MLive.com, the chemicals are relatively nontoxic, but did pose a fire hazard. Three of the barrels were broken in the crash and spilled about half of their contents. Officials said the chemicals were contained to the trailer of the truck, but that diesel fuel did spill out onto the roadway. State and local crews worked yesterday to clean up the site and remove the remaining chemicals - which was said to be a painstaking, dangerous, and labor-intensive process. The freeway was reopened at about 4am Tuesday. Drivers in the area are reminded that roadways exposed to diesel fuel are more likely to be slick during subsequent rainstorms. Photo courtesy of Bill Szumanski/WWJ. (TD)
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