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Hazmat on scene after tanker overturns on I-75; Southbound lanes remain blocked

SIDNEY — One person was hurt when a tanker truck overturned on Interstate 75 in Sidney.

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The crash was reported on southbound I-75, just north of Michigan Street, around 1:30 p.m.

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Lieutenant Jeremy Allen, of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Piqua Post, told News Center 7 that the tanker truck is leaking gasoline.

The Sidney Fire Department and Shelby County Hazmat team are on scene to assist with the cleanup.

Allen said the driver of the truck, which was the only vehicle involved in the crash, was taken to a nearby hospital. Their condition is currently unknown.

The crash shut down the southbound lanes. Allen said those lanes will remain closed for “quite some time.”

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