This followingnoon, a tanker loaded with hydrochloric acid was traveling 242 kilometers north of National Highway No. 1 and collided with two cars when it was in the Dounan section. The tanker overturned and the hydrochloric acid leaked. The police closed the lane and only opened the shoulder for traffic, and the traffic flow was blocked for more than 1 Kilometers, call on passersby to divert driving. The Yunlin County Fire Department said that it received a report from the public at regarding 1 pm today that a tanker carrying hydrochloric acid overturned on the Dounan section of National Highway No. 1, 241 kilometers north, and the hydrochloric acid leaked, and the tanker driver did not need to be sent for minor injuries. medical.
The Yunlin County Fire Department pointed out that the 22-ton hydrochloric acid tank truck overturned at the scene, and the hydrochloric acid leaked onto the road, and the personnel on the scene diluted the water.
The Fourth Highway Police Brigade of the National Highway Police Department has dispatched a tow truck to remove the truck. The tanker overturned and occupied the middle lane. The police arrived at the scene to implement lane control. For safety reasons, the three lanes of the entire northbound route were first blocked, and currently only the shoulder is open for traffic. Three people were injured in the accident, and the cause of the accident is yet to be clarified.
The accident caused the traffic to be blocked for more than 1 km. The police suggested that passersby should leave National Highway No. 1 at the Yunlin System Interchange and change to Taiwan Line 78 to connect to National Highway No. 3 and head north.
Huang Fuyi, deputy director of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Yunlin County Government, said that the High-tech Bureau sprinkled water on the site to cool down, and the Environmental Protection Bureau installed oil-absorbing cotton in the side ditch to prevent hydrochloric acid from polluting the surrounding environment.
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