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BELLEVUE ACCIDENT TRUCK CARRYING TAR PRODUCT FLIPS IN THE 700 BLOCK OF ORCHARD AVENUE 05/17/2007 : Bellevue, PA - On Tuesday, May 17, 2007 at approximately 4:55 p.m. Allegheny 9-1-1 received several calls reporting a single vehicle accident, in the 700 block of Orchard Avenue in Bellevue. Initial reports indicated that there were people trapped in the vehicle and one male was reportedly not moving. The following units were dispatched on the initial assignment; Bellevue (Station 108), Avalon (Station 103), Northwest EMS (Station 192) and Bellevue Police.

Bellevue police arrived on the scene within minutes and reported a box truck on its side, with entrapment however no injuries. Fire personnel assisted the two male occupants by removing them from an opened passenger window. Both occupants were removed by 5:00 p.m.

The truck was hauling approximately 600 pounds of Tuff-N-Dri in two large vats. There was some leakage of the product. The product is a polymer-enhanced asphalt. Due to the product on board the truck, and the evident leakage, command notified the Allegheny County Silver Team.

A large wrecker was brought to the scene to upright the truck, however the product had to be unloaded prior to being uprighted.

The process of unloading the product, uprighting the truck and containment lasted several hours. Units cleared from the scene at 11:15 p.m.

BELLEVUE ACCIDENT TRUCK CARRYING TAR PRODUCT FLIPS IN THE 700 BLOCK OF ORCHARD AVENUE 05/17/2007

Bellevue, PA - On Tuesday, May 17, 2007 at approximately 4:55 p.m. Allegheny 9-1-1 received several calls reporting a single vehicle accident, in the 700 block of Orchard Avenue in Bellevue. Initial reports indicated that there were people trapped in the vehicle and one male was reportedly not moving. The following units were dispatched o ...

Updated: May 17, 2007 5:48pm PST

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