A multiple-vehicle accident involving two trucks on Interstate 595 in Davie left two drivers injured Wednesday, closed the highway’s westbound lanes and caused a fuel spill of nearly 4,000 gallons.
As of mid-afternoon, the roadway was still closed to traffic as an emergency crew cleaned up the spill just ahead of the daily rush hour for West Broward residents.
The accident occurred shortly before 9 a.m. at Davie Road near the interstate highway’s complex interchange with Florida’s Turnpike.
Drivers from each truck were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Shortly after 9 a.m., the Town of Davie Police Department advised motorists on its X social media account that “I595 westbound is shut down at Davie Road and all other onramps east of Davie Road due to a traffic crash.”
“A straight tanker truck transporting fuel rear ended a van then rolled onto its side spilling the majority of the 4,000 gallons of fuel,” Lt. Indiana Miranda, public information officer for the Florida Highway Patrol, said in an email. “A semi-truck swerved to avoid, struck the tanker, then another vehicle.”
She said traffic was rerouted onto U.S. 441.
A fire technical rescue team frm the Broward Sheriff’s Office was summoned to stop the fuel leak, which reached the roadway’s drainage system.