(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 1.)
NEWARK, N.J. — A tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of kerosene was hit by a train in Newark as it was crossing a railroad track Tuesday morning, officials said.
The truck, carrying about 7,500 gallons of the fuel, was leaving the Sunoco Oil and Gas terminal when it was hit by a Conrail engine at about 5 a.m., said John Brown, a spokesman for the Newark Fire Department.
About half of the fuel spilled, and the Department of Environmental Protection was been called in to supervise the cleanup, Brown said. The truck driver received minor injuries, and no one from the train’s crew was injured, said Conrail spokesman John Enright.
Officials for a short time evacuated a nearby drug treatment facility and the Sunoco terminal as a precaution, Brown said. He added that a nearby street, which had been closed after the accident, was reopened about 10 a.m.