Summary

The semi-tractor trailor bound for Fort Wayne, Indiana with a load of toys from New Jersey overturned on the Meander Reservior Bridge just before six AM...Trucker James Coleman of Chicago was able to climb out of the cab unhurt. The impact ruptured the gas which was carrying two hundred gallons of diesel fuel onto the bridge and into drains leading to the reservoir. Interstate 80 was shutdown and fire crews arrived imediatly. Some of the fuel made its way into the water sending a thin slick line across five acress of the reservoir...clean up crews spent most of the day on the water containing the spill. The accident backed up traffic for miles shutting down the interstate from route 11 to the bridge...cars and trucks were forced to take a long and slow detour.