Hazmat Team responds after box truck crash leads to fuel in Georgetown Township creek
Emergency crews and hazardous materials teams descended on a Georgetown Township intersection Friday afternoon after a box truck veered off the road and leaked fuel into a local waterway.
GEORGETOWN TWP. — Emergency crews and hazardous materials teams descended on a Georgetown Township intersection Friday afternoon after a box truck veered off the road and leaked fuel into a local waterway.
At approximately 1:06 p.m. on April 17, deputies from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office and crews from the Georgetown Township Fire Department were dispatched to the intersection of Bauer Road and 40th Avenue.
According to investigators, a 40-year-old Wyoming, Michigan, man was driving a 2008 Freightliner box truck westbound on Bauer Road when he lost control of the vehicle. The truck left the north side of the roadway, ran over a fire hydrant and ultimately came to rest in a creek running parallel to 40th Avenue.
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The crash caused the Freightliner to leak diesel fuel directly into the creek. The potential environmental threat triggered a multi-agency response, including the Ottawa County Emergency Management/Hazmat Team and the Ottawa County Water Resources Department.
Authorities said the driver and his passenger, a 31-year-old male from Grand Rapids, were not injured.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office.
— Submitted by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. To submit a news tip, email newsroom@ottawanewsnetwork.org.
