Summerhill, PA - Cambria County 911 dispatched Summerhill Borough and South Fork Fire Departments for an overturned truck in the northbound lane of Route 219 in Croyle Township, at the Cambria Township line, on January 7th.

Units arrived on scene to find an oil delivery truck carrying motor oil overturned on its side. The tank had split open and was spilling motor oil over both northbound lanes and down an embankment into a small stream.

As the two departments started efforts to contain the spill, the Cambria County SHARP Hazmat Team was requested to respond to assist. The team is made up of Cambria County Emergency Management personnel and Hazmat Technician level members from various fire departments throughout the county. They brought extra absorbents and personnel who started work on building underflow dams in the stream.

Approximately 2,000-gallons of new motor oil was released. PennDOT brought two truck loads of sand in to assist with cleaning up the product. Both northbound lanes were closed for several hours during the incident.