Western, Pa. tanker crash spills diesel fuel, driver injured

OIL CITY, Pa. (AP) — A truck driver is hospitalized in critical after his fuel tanker overturned, spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into a stream.

State police say 39-year-old William Sankey, of New Castle, was flown to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh after the crash just before 4:30 a.m. today near Oil City. That’s about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh.

Police say Sankey went off the roadway. The tanker was carrying 7,000 gallons of diesel, which ended up in a stream and caught fire.

Traffic was being detoured.