A truckload of soil contaminated with PCBs was dumped onto Truax Road on Tuesday in an accident that injured the truck’s driver, according to the Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies.
Deputies said Eugene Banks Jr., 50, of Delanson, was driving a tractor-trailer carrying a full load of the hazardous materials south on Truax Road about 8:15 p.m. when he failed to make the sharp turn near Route 5 and overturned.
Banks was trapped in the vehicle, deputies said, and was pulled out by Cranesville firefighters and a crew from the Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Banks was treated and released from St. Mary’s Hospital.
Deputies said environmental specialists are on the scene and cleanup is expected today.
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