HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Officials had to close the northbound lanes of Interstate 77 near Huntersville Tuesday morning after a tanker truck crashed through a barrier wall in a construction zone.
The wreck happened just before 10:45 a.m. near exit 23.
From Chopper 9, the tanker appeared to have slammed through the concrete barrier in the construction zone on the left side of the interstate.
A Loomis truck could also be seen caught between the tanker and that barrier wall.
HAZMAT crews were called to the scene because of a fuel spill. Firefighters said the tanker was hauling latex and that crews were working to offload the fuel from the saddle tank of the Loomis truck.
BREAKING: I-77 NB shut down due to this wreck. Traffic being diverted onto Gilead Rd. #Huntersville #cltraffic pic.twitter.com/4Pg6XQiQ5g
— Traffic Team 9 (@TrafficTeam9) March 1, 2016
Officials were rerouting traffic off the interstate onto Gilead Road and hoped to have the interstate reopened before 1 p.m.
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