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A tractor trailer gas tanker carrying around 7400 gallons of diesel fuel crashed on Tuesday, August 9 in the early morning when the driver ran into a 2000 Pontiac Sunfire who was stopped on the left side of the road after blowing a tire, according to WBIR Knoxville.

The wreck occurred while the tractor trailer was driving in Tennessee. The driver of the tractor trailer slammed into the car on I-75N and flipped, breaking the tank, and it began leaking the diesel fuel.

Fortunately, the driver of the Pontiac was not injured, but the driver of the truck was flown to UT Medical Center, and his condition is unknown according to WBIR.

The leaking tanking was upright and leaking fuel onto the interstate, and some of the diesel ran off into a creek in the ditch just off the road. The remaining fuel was off-loaded as clean-up crews worked on clearing the roads according to the report.

The driver of the tanker was driving a 2007 International Tractor Trailer for Frazier and Mann out of Virginia.

1-75 was closed for several hours on Tuesday, but one lane was opened around 10:30. The Tennessee High Patrol has confirmed that the interstate has been re-opened according to WBIR.

From 2003-2007 there have been six large truck crashes that have involved hazardous material (HazMat) or released hazardous material, and a total of 120 statewide.

Shelby County had the most HazMat crashes in the state during that time with 19, and Davidson County was a close second with 16.

Our sympathy goes out to the driver of the tractor trailer, and we hope that he will make it through this accident. Thankfully the driver of the other car escaped unharmed.

A copy of the official police report may be obtained by contacting:

1-800-377-HURT (4878)

www.seriousinjury.com