Semi-Truck Crash Causes Fuel Spill and Delays on 101 North of Willits
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The crash, reported just before 4 p.m., left the truck cab pressed against an embankment with its left front tire blown. While the attached trailer was not damaged, gasoline was leaking from the semi, prompting the use of a spill kit at the scene.
Early reports indicated the truck driver may have been stuck inside the vehicle, but no further details on injuries have been released.
All In One Towing of Willits was dispatched with heavy-duty equipment to recover both the truck cab and trailer. Traffic in the area was slowed as responders worked to secure the spill and clear the wreckage.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
NOTE: The article has been updated with the approximate area of the crash.
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I shouldn’t have to locate a map and zoom out to know where this happened. The simple phrase “on Highway 101 north of Willits” included in the opening text would have done the trick. Who-What-When-WHERE!
I sure hope that unlucky driver is going to be fine.
Do semis use gasoline? Wouldn’t it be diesel?
Semis sometimes haul gasoline….
Semis sometimes haul Diesel….
Semis do run on diesel…
If the semi’s saddle fuel tank was leaking, it would be diesel…
Unless it was gasoline. Or recycled cooking oil. Hemp oil?
I just drove through that section an hour before. The construction work does not have much notice before the flagger. I had to stop, off the shoulder of the road, to avoid being rear-ended by the 4 runner behind me.
I was thinking it was probably diesel too. But we get the picture.
The article has been updated with that information. To be fair to Lisa though, there is a map of the location in the article.
What a beautiful concept! “To be fair.” Our nation and world would be so much better off if we could keep that thought in mind.
You definitely deserve a refund.
Or .. just say, “thank you RHBB & Lisa .. “
It was just N of Oil Well Hill. It was a 3 axle conventional tractor pulling a semi; the load was fir lumber; all 2 x 4 and 2 x 6. The wreck happened on a moderate down grade which would make stopping more difficult.
The likely explanation of this is driver error due to an inadequately trained driver. Most likely some sort of foreigner.
Thank you for that information about what you observed.
“Most likely some sort of foreigner“
Then it must have been Urgent.
Foreigner? Like foreign to your town? Maybe from Arcada? Boonville?
Ice Box Canyon. The two lane section.. Starts just after Reynold’s Highway, ends at Shimmins Ridge. Many accidents Narrow, lots of blind corners and driveways, drive to fast flipped, tree crashes, over the banks into the river, smashing into cars turning. Pretty much daily one of the above happens , if not more. Glad no one was killed in tnis one. CAUTION IN THE CANYON! ❤️
Ice Box Canyon? First I’ve ever heard it termed that. We’ve always called it Pneumonia Gulch. My step father used to live out there, north of the old campground.
Yes, no Ice Box needed. Cold, dark creek gets going. Cabin folks used to have ice boxes set up in the creeks to keep some food items cool. In winter colder than an ice box.
Makes sense. I like that. Thanks!