A tanker truck carrying home heating oil rolled over in Derby and some fuel spilled and leaked into a storm drain and into the Naugatuck River, according to fire officials.
Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Biggs, of the Derby Fire Department, said crews responded to the rollover around 7:50 a.m. and a hazmat team stopped the leak. Crews from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection are removing fuel from the tanker so a tow company can remove the truck.
The Route 8 exit 15 ramps are open and traffic is moving on the south side of the Route 34 bridge, but drivers are urged to seek alternate routes in both directions of Route 34.
Traffic heading east on Route 34 is being diverted to Derby Avenue and into Ansonia/Division Street.
The truck was upright as of 1:10 p.m.
Mutual aid was called in from Bridgeport, Ansonia, Seymour and Shelton.
