CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A Near West Side intersection was reopened hours after a crash involving a semi-tanker caused a fuel spill.
The tanker and another vehicle collided about 6 a.m. as they both tried to turn right onto Jackson Boulevard from Ashland Avenue, according to Chicago police.
West Side - big problems on Ashland this morning! Rollover crash partially blocks Ashland both ways at Congress Pkwy. And just north of that there’s a crash involving a tanker truck & pickup blocking NB lanes of Ashland from Van Buren to Jackson. pic.twitter.com/hHmOLgaLTB
— Jeanette Hudson (@JHudsontraffic)
June 26, 2019 No injuries were reported, but the tanker spilled the fuel it was hauling.
Ashland was closed between Van Buren and Adams streets while Jackson was closed from Paulina Street to Ashland while crews cleaned up the spill, police said. All streets reopened shortly before noon.
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