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The tank of a paving truck loaded with road tar split open last Thursday afternoon, spilling about 800 gallons of “asphalt cutback” into a creek on Route 640 in Viewtown, according to State Police.
Philip Taylor, 35, of Fredericksburg, was operating a Whitehurst Paving tanker truck southbound on Route 640 at about 12:08 p.m. July 18 when he came to a curve about one and a half miles south of U.S. 211, according to motor carrier Trooper D.P. Johnson of the State Police. The tanker lost traction on the uphill grade’s gravel, and during an attempt to get the vehicle moving again Taylor ended up with a split seam on the 5,000-gallon tank. Trooper Johnson said the estimated 800 gallons — which he said was probably a high figure — were being cleaned up by Whitehurst Paving of Richmond with oversight by the State Water Control Board. A bulldozer from the Department of Forestry was used to construct a makeshift dam and keep the asphalt cutback from spreading downstream. Trooper Johnson said Taylor was not charged.
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