UPDATED: Hazmat Situation Closes Wood Branch Rd Near Georgetown for Over 7 Hours
A crash just before 8 this morning which shut down Wood Branch Road between Zoar Road and Sussex Pines Road near Georgetown because of a hazmat situation. DNREC officials tell the Talk of Delmarva that a box truck carrying cylinders of compressed gas rolled over on Wood Branch Road – dislodging 110 cylinders of compressed gas some flammable – and some non-flammable. Several of the cylinders began leaking and DNREC ERT secured those cylinders by venting them or closing valves that had opened upon contact.
The cleanup has been going on much of the day – and the roadway has just been reopened by DelDOT around 3:30pm.
Delaware State Police say the driver was a 51 year old man from East New Market who for unknown reasons ran off the north side of Wood Branch Road – he over-corrected and the truck overturned. There were no injuries and the driver was cited for inattentive driving.
