Formaldehyde Spill Causes Lengthy Delays At Highbury/401 Interchange
Crews were busy cleaning up after a transport truck toppled over on the Highbury 401 on-ramp Friday night.
A “small amount” of formaldehyde was leaked from an overturned truck at around 9pm.
Officials closed the ramp to the public, citing formaldehyde’s dangerous properties. The on ramp re-opened to traffic on Saturday morning around 10:30am.
“It’s very acidic and explosive in nature,” Platoon Chief Tom Wells told AM980.
Mason Watson was one of the first on scene, directing traffic away from the ramp as a highway maintenance operator.
“It looked like
[they] were going a bit too fast with a full tanker and when [they] were going right around the curve, [they] rolled into the ditch.”
No one was seriously injured, as the female driver was transported to hospital with minor injuries.
via (CFPL AM) AM 980
