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.
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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