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VEGETABLE OIL LEAKING FROM
A TRUCK THIS WEEKEND..CAUSED
MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR DRIVERS IN
BOTH CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE
LIKE..THOSE PROBLEMS COULD
EXTEND INTO MID-WEEK. NEWS
MORE..ON WHY AN OIL SPILL
COVERING 26 MILES OF
ROADWAY..HAS LEFT CREWS
CLEANING IT UP FOR MORE THAN
TWO DAYS.#@ELISABETH: IT
LOOKED LIKE A WINTER
WONDERLAND IN PARTS OF
TIPPECANOE COUNTY THIS WEEKEND.
BUT IT WASN'T WINTER. AND THE
WHITE POWDER ON THE GROUND?
NOT SNOW, BUT A POWDER USED TO
HELP ABSORB VEGETABLE OIL THAT
SPILLED ACROSS A 26 MILE
STRETCH OF ROAD FROM CARROLL
COUNTY TO TIPPECANOE COUNTY.
MORE THAN 48 HOURS AFTER THE
SPILL..CREWS IN TIPPECANOE
COUNTY WERE STILL HARD AT
WORK. LIEUTENANT BILL
GALLAGHER: "UNFORTUNATELY,
BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE
SPILL, IT CAN'T BE ADDRESSED
IN A QUICK FASHION. SO, IT'S A
LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS, AND
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE
CITIZENS TO BE AWARE SO THEY
CAN TAKE THE PROPER
PRECAUTIONS."ELISABETH: WEST
LAFAYETTE POLICE LIEUTENANT
BILL GALLAGHER SAYS CREWS
BEGAN CLEANING A SECTION OF
U.S 52 BETWEEN DUNCAN ROAD AND
THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT, AROUND 11:00 MONDAY
MORNING.GALLAGHER SAYS THE
CLEAN-UP COULD TAKE HOURS..IF
NOT DAYS.LIEUTENANT GALLAGHER:
"THEY CAN CLEAN ONE MILE IN
SAFE AGAIN AND FREE OF THE
SPILL."ELISABETH: BUT IN THAT
ONE MILE..GALLAGHER
SAYS..THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
LIEUTENANT GALLAGHER: "THEY
ACTUALLY HAVE A STEAM CLEANER
THAT COMES THROUGH, STEAMS IT,
THEN THEY PUT ABSORB-ALL DOWN,
AND THEY THEY HAVE THE SWEEPER
GALLAGHER SAYS WHILE MOST OF
US 52 SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE
END OF MONDAY EVENING..HE SAYS
THE CLEAN-UP DOESN'T STOP
THERE. LIEUTENANT GALLAGHER:
"I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER
STRETCH OF 52 THAT STILL NEEDS
ADDRESSED THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO BE WORKING ON IN THE OVER
NIGHT HOURS WHEN TRAFFIC IS
VERY LIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'LL
HAVE TO SHUT 52 DOWN BECAUSE
WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, IT'S
ONLY A TWO WAY."ELISABETH:
THAT CLOSURE WILL COME
SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT ON
MONDAY.FOR THE LATEST ON ROAD
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