[UPDATE 4:06 p.m.] Major Injury Accident on Hwy 20 Impacting Traffic, Large Milk and Diesel Spill
An ambulance and crew at the scene of a crash by Clear Lake. [Crop of a photo by John Winter]
The tanker went into the lake and both milk and diesel have been spilled.
According to the OES Hazardous Materials Spill Report, about 6000 gallons of milk and a 100 gallons of diesel began leaking into Clear Lake.
Lights and generators are being setup for an extended closure to clean up the spill, according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
UPDATE 4:06 p.m.: A Facebook post from the NOrthshore Firefighters shows more of the crash.
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Yikes… Didn’t a milk tanker crash into (Un)Clear Lake last year?
Indeed it did. I believe it was that driver’s first day on the job in a new truck.
No use crying over spilled milk, & or Diesel???!!! ;op
Good one. Bummer for the lake.
Wills put one in the lake about 2 months ago as well. Too bad some people have the exact same comment to make Everytime, wasn’t funny before, why would it be now?
Yep, juvenile humor.
What you talking about, Wills?
That water looks tropical, alittle milk apparently does that lake good.
We had a neighbor driving a semi go I to the lake a few years back. A tanker went across and his truck went I to the lake. He died his so. Survived
Anybody know if that’s a wills truck again
Yeah it’s Wills, AGAIN
Probably Wills. Not too many white KWs pull tankers over 20 on a regular basis. Back when I was hauling I was told you were supposed to go around the lake on 53 and 29 as that much milk is considered hazmat. Its not enforced, but its too bad so many drivers dont care
It’s not that the drivers don’t care. Milk is not considered hazardous until it is on the ground or in the lake. Kind of like water. It’s not hazardous unless you get too much of it. You know like drowning. Milk will deplete the oxygen in the lake and possibly kill some fish, although not likely in that volume of water.
The problem is Wills, CHP needs to look at “Wills” How may is this now? 2 in the lake recently. They flopped one over just north of Willits a couple of years ago. Another over the bank up by Weott or Miranda somewhere within the last year or so. Too many to remember! Not sure but I think it was a Wills truck that hit the delivery truck there at Blue Lakes on HWY 20 as well a few years ago. Where the son survived and watched his father die.
That was a Ruan trucking company truck.
That was a Ruan truck that hit and killed that driver.
this is how mutant horror movies start
I hope the driver is going to be okay. Not sure what caused the accident, but that is somewhat of a narrow stretch of highway through there. People look at the lake, and don’t pay attention to the road. He could have been forced to head for the water. People want to hang Wills Trucking even if they don’t know the real story.
Nobody is trying to “Hang” Wills, add it up they are doing a bang-up job hanging themselves!!!
Chas, it seems all I hear about is Wills this and Wills that. Sorry you don’t like Wills Trucking. Perhaps you should apply for a big rig license, and show us drivers how to handle the road. Bet you could not pass the CR trucking class there slick!
Pretty sure I could pass any test you want to toss out there Martin, liking or disliking Wills has nothing to do with it. Seems like they have one dirty side up or in the lake every time you turn around. Go ahead and try to tell me that’s not true. I do know what I’m talking about and can back it up. With around 40 years of experience to prove it.
40 years of experience at what, you did not say. If your are a trucker that is fine with me. We need all we can get, they are the life blood of this country, and I hope for many years to come. I about blew it years ago doing my test. Had a real hard time backing and tandem trailer set with my tractor. I must admit it was a sad site, but I squeaked by. Keep those wheels turnin’, and be safe.
This is what happens when Diesel truck is in an accident. Lucky Diesel did not burn in to flames and spills in to clear lake polluting the lake for generations, whereas if it was Hydrogen fuel cell truck at worse it would have evaporated in thin air…We need hydrogen trucks and autos right now..ASAP….