MT. AIRY, Md. - Interstate 70 in Mount Airy near Ridge Road has been reopened after crews cleaned up a propane truck accident.
According to Mt. Airy volunteer fire department spokesman Doug Alexander, the truck, carrying about 8600 gallons of liquid propane fuel ended up in a median on it's side on Route 70 near the exits for Ridge Road Sunday morning.
The Maryland State Police said that the tanker truck driver, James Riley Hooper, 42, lost control of the truck and it turned onto the drivers side.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, and none of the liquid propane was found to have leaked from the truck.
Hooper and his passenger, Glenn Arnold Novack, 55, were taken to area hospitals, but neither patient has life-threatening injuries.
The initial investigation has revealed that driver error was the primary cause of the crash.
Hazmat crews as well as personnel from multiple fire departments and Maryland State Police worked the scene.
Traffic in both directions was shutdown for about five and one-half hours.
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