"As the Chronicle reports, a gasoline tanker carrying two four-thousand-gallon tanks traveling at an allegedly unsafe speed collided with a pickup truck around 5:30 am Friday near Hellyer Avenue on southbound US Highway 101, causing the tanker to overturn, according to the California Highway Patrol. Per Bay City News, the driver of the pickup truck, who had slowed down to avoid flooding on the freeway, was uninjured, but the big rig driver was taken to the hospital for assessment."
"As crews worked to clean the spill and get the tanker upright, southbound traffic was rerouted to the Yerba Buena Road off-ramp, per NBC Bay Area. Due to the heavy rain and flooding, large amounts of water, along with the spilled fuel, had to be pumped from the contaminated roadway, per KGO. Per the Chronicle, officials initially estimated the freeway would reopen around 5 pm Friday, but the estimated reopening was extended to 8 pm, per Bay City News."
A gasoline tanker overturned on southbound US Highway 101 near Hellyer Avenue in South San Jose after an allegedly unsafe speeding collision with a pickup truck around 5:30 am on Christmas morning. The collision spilled more than 600 tons of fuel onto the roadway. The pickup driver, who had slowed to avoid flooding, was uninjured; the tanker driver was taken to hospital for assessment. Hazmat crews in protective suits worked to upright the tanker, pump contaminated water and fuel from the flooded roadway, and clean the scene. Southbound lanes were closed, traffic rerouted to the Yerba Buena Road off-ramp, and reopening estimates were extended from 5 pm to 8 pm. Authorities warned drivers to use caution amid heavy rain and multiple collisions.
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