Fracking fluid spills in Pa. crash
SALLADASBURG, Pa. - An unknown amount of the fluid used in natural gas drilling spilled onto a roadway and into a creek after a collision involving two tractor-trailers in Central Pennsylvania, state police say.
SALLADASBURG, Pa. - An unknown amount of the fluid used in natural gas drilling spilled onto a roadway and into a creek after a collision involving two tractor-trailers in Central Pennsylvania, state police say.
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/tODEII) one truck rear-ended the other on Route 287 early Monday afternoon in Mifflin Township, shutting down the roadway for several hours.
Police say the second truck was pushed through a stop sign and down an embankment.
The truck overturned and was leaking fluid used in a type of natural gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking."
Environmentalists and other critics worry fracking, which involves blasting the chemical-laced water into the ground, could poison water supplies. But the natural gas industry says it's been used safely for decades.