T/A involving propane tanker

[aprswatcher]

Highway 85 and Weld CR 18 T/A involving propane tanker, driver still trapped, tanker has leaking valve.
Set up 350 foot perimeter around tanker, diverting traffic around area, airlife on ground.
asking for tankers from surrounding FD's

O/F: Weld Co Fireground 10 TGid 1925, and Weld Co Fire Disp TGid 1907

updates as I hear them.
73, Rex

 

[jimmnn]

Highway 85 and Weld CR 18 T/A involving propane tanker, driver still trapped, tanker has leaking valve.
Set up 350 foot perimeter around tanker, diverting traffic around area, airlife on ground.
asking for tankers from surrounding FD's

O/F: Weld Co Fireground 10 TGid 1925, and Weld Co Fire Disp TGid 1907

updates as I hear them.
73, Rex

Looks like we posted at the same time Rex;

http://forums.radioreference.com/co...g-news/201245-weld-county-accident-paged.html

Jim<

 

[jimmnn]

CSP advising chopper off the scene in Weld County.

Jim<

 

[NorthCOVideo]

South bound lanes being reopened.

 

[aprswatcher]

Update: command trying to figure out what to do with leaking valve, owne rof trucking company enroute.

as Jimmnn indicated driver enroute via airlfe to Denver.

on a side note a deputy/LE officer at one of road diversion sites noticed a train on tracks adjacent to
Hwy 85 that it had a wheel sparking, notified dispatch and they called railroad ops and had it stopped
immediately. Pretty good catch, could have been a disaster in the making.

updates as I hear them,
73, Rex

 

[NorthCOVideo]

Command advises 2-4 hrs before they get it cleaned up and they are allowing trains back through at reduced speed.

 

[aprswatcher]

From the Greeley Tribune

Colorado State Patrol close U.S. 85 near Fort Lupton | Greeley Tribune

73, Rex

 

[NorthCOVideo]

Another tanker on scene to off load over turned tanker, half is to be unloaded then the tanker to be turned back over and the other half unloaded. They are monitoring gas levels on scene because of low ground level concentrations due to the cold.

 

[NorthCOVideo]

Getting ready to off load truck, dispersing vapor cloud out of ditch with water.

 

[jimmnn]

CDOT reports the NB lanes reopened to traffic about 0415hrs.

Jim<