Tarentum Bridge traffic snarled after tanker truck overturns
Kristina Serafini | TribLive
Emergency crews wrestle a water tanker truck back onto its wheels after it rolled over on the Tarentum Bridge during afternoon rush hour on Monday.
Brian Rittmeyer | TribLive
Super duty tow trucks work to get a water tanker upright after it rolled over on the Tarentum Bridge during afternoon rush hour on Monday.
Kristina Serafini | TribLive
A water tanker truck overturned on the Tarentum Bridge during afternoon rush hour, backing up traffic to the Route 28 Expressway on Monday.
Kristina Serafini | TribLive
Crews work to right an overturned water tanker truck on the Tarentum Bridge on Monday afternoon.
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No one was reported injured after a water tanker truck overturned about 4 p.m. Monday on the Tarentum Bridge, authorities said.
The rollover happened at the Tarentum end of the bridge near the First Avenue off ramp, shutting down lanes heading toward New Kensington. Traffic from Route 28 was being diverted onto Freeport Road toward the New Kensington Bridge.
Allegheny County dispatchers said no one was transported by EMS from the scene. Summit Hose VFD Chief Josh Fox said the truck driver had a minor head injury but remained at the scene.
Crews managed to right the tanker just before 5 p.m. The affected traffic lanes reopened around 5:30 p.m.
Water leaked from the tanker, but no fuel leaked from the vehicle, according to Fox.