A truck spilled hydrochloric acid on the Ohio Turnpike Tuesday night, shutting down lanes near Interstate-480 in Streetsboro. The accident occurred in the westbound lanes, but police initially shut down both directions of the Turnpike because crews needed to clean up 39,000 gallons of the acid.
Ohio State Troopers have opened the eastbound lanes, and one lane to traffic is open in the westbound lanes. Wednesday morning rush hour is likely to be affected by the clean up efforts.
Troopers say the driver hauling the acid fell asleep and flipped the truck off the road near the I-480 and I-80 interchange.
The crash happened just after 11:00pm Tuesday night.
Police evacuated 20 homes nearby as a precaution.
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