Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office responds to hazmat situation

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- Pueblo County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) responded to a hazmat incident involving an overturned tanker truck on Highway 50 north of Avondale.

PCSO says that Highway 50 was closed from Wheeler Lane to Avondale Boulevard for several hours but reopened around 2:20 p.m.

According to the Colorado State Patrol (CSP), the semi was eastbound on Highway 50, attempting to make a right turn onto a private residence, when the trailer’s tire dropped into a ditch and rolled onto its passenger side.

CSP says the semi was carrying liquid ammonia nitrate (fertilizer).

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