Food Waste Flows Towards Shawsheen River After Truck Accident on Old Billerica Road

A sewer vacuum truck slid and rolled about just further than the island yard at the intersection of Web page Street and Outdated Billerica Highway early Thursday afternoon. Targeted traffic in the space was knocked down to 1 lane whilst Bedford police, fire, DPW, and officers from the Massachusetts Office of Environmental Security did their function at the scene.

The truck included in the single-motor vehicle accident is owned by Motion King Providers of Lowell. Contents of the vehicle, believed to be food waste from an place restaurant, leaked from the large tank, flowed down the facet of Outdated Billerica Street and continued heading downhill on to Website page Road, heading suitable by the Shawsheen River. 

Greg Murray of Mass DEP reported some of the squander may perhaps have absent into the river. He also said he considered that the greasy waste would not create a big environmental issue in the river and would be cleaned up. As of Thursday night time, the DEP was however at the scene.

The lead to of the incident is beneath investigation by Bedford Law enforcement. 

The incident could have been a ton even worse. The driver of the truck and a passenger ended up each taken to Lahey Clinic the accidents are considered to be insignificant.

The truck crashed by means of a guard rail, knocked down a residential mailbox, and stopped with its rear bumper touching a utility pole, which appeared to be undamaged. 

The truck alone suffered destruction, together with various dents on the entrance, rear, sides, and roof, a poorly cracked windshield, and damaged mirrors. The substantial storage tank also detached.

A lot of personnel from Mal’s Provider Middle invested a several several hours thoroughly making an attempt to get the tank back up on the truck right before towing it absent.

Staff from the Bedford Section of Public Is effective cleaned up the stenchy squander from the truck and sanded the impacted streets.