UPDATE 10:15 a.m. Thursday: Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan has provided an update on the wreck.
By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
Marymount Road south of Old Highway 40 remains closed after a diesel fuel tanker rolled early this morning.
The earlier closing notice from Saline County reported that a rail car had overturned, however, Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that it was a tanker containing train diesel fuel being pulled by a Mack truck that had overturned.
The rig, owned by Locomotive Services out of Texas, was turning south off of Old Highway 40 onto Marymount Road when the Mack cut the corner too closely, causing wheels to drop off the roadway and the tanker to roll, Soldan said.
The wreck occurred at approximately 2:42 a.m. Thursday.
Additional Locomotive Services personnel arrived and were off-loading fuel from the tanker. That work was expected to be completed later today.
Soldan said a bit of fuel from the Mack fuel tank spilled, but that it appeared no fuel spilled from the tanker.
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Saline County
The intersection of Marymount Road and Old Highway 40 is closed due to a rail car turnover. Please avoid the area to allow responders to work.