MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Speed and defective equipment may have caused a crash that sent a propane tanker into the Winooski River in Marshfield, Vermont State Police said.
Travis Gault, 25, of Woodstock, was driving a tractor-trailer east on Route 2, when he lost control and crashed, police said, according to the Time Argus. The trailer, a propane tanker, disconnected from the truck and landed in the water, police said. There were no injuries in the 7:15 a.m. Monday crash.
Crews off-loaded propane from the trailer and any remaining fuel was burned off to reduce any additional hazard.
The crash took out a utility pole. The utility was asked to cut electricity to that area for about nine hours on Monday and about two hours on Tuesday while crews worked on retrieving the tanker, affecting 577 customers, said Green Mountain Power spokeswoman Kristin Kelly.
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