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John Jacobs, the driver of a tanker truck, walks past by the burnt ruins of his cab. Jacobs, who said he "swerved to avoid a deer, and the contents (of the truck-raw milk) made the truck run off the road" was traveling from Windsor, Pa. to Charleston, S.C. Most of the milk spilled into Deep Run off U.S. 17 at the Stafford County/Fauquier County line around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Jacobs suffered scratches and remained at the scene. Robert A. Martin/The Free Lance-Star
The scene near Deep Run off U.S. 17 at the Stafford County/Fauquier County line where a tanker truck carrying raw milk ran off the road, turned over, and spilled its contents around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Robert A. Martin/The Free Lance-Star
The scene near Deep Run off U.S. 17 (looking south, towards Fredericksburg) at the Stafford County/Fauquier County line where a tanker truck carrying raw milk ran off the road, turned over, and spilled its contents around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Robert A. Martin/The Free Lance-Star
Matt Culwell, an employee woith Atlas Environmental of Lorton, Va., determines how much raw milk remains in a tanker truck that ran off U.S. 17 at the Stafford County/Fauquier County line. Most of the product spilled into Deep Run. Robert A. Martin/The Free Lance-Star
A burnt cab and a damaged tanker remain after a truck hauling raw milk ram off U.S. 17 at the Stafford County/Fauquier County line and stopped near Deep Run on Wednesday morning, July 2, 2008. Most of the product spilled into Deep Run. (Matt Culwell, an employee with Atlas Environmental of Lorton, Va., examined the wreckage.)Robert A. Martin/The Free Lance-Star |
No one was injured when a tanker truck carrying gallons of raw milk ran off the road this morning at the Stafford County/Fauquier County line on U.S. 17.
The driver, John Jacobs, sustained only minor scratches and was not transported anywhere, said Major Mauck of the Fauquier Sheriff’s office.
The tanker, which was travelling from Windsor Pa. to Charleston S.C., turned over and caught fire when Jacobs swerved to avoid a deer around 3 a.m. Most of the milk spilled into Deep Run where the tanker trunk stopped.
No other vehicles were involved in the accident and only Jacobs was in the tanker truck.
The call was received around 5 a.m., Mauck said. A report hasn’t been filed at this time.
Megan Williams, The Free Lance-Star
