(Michigan City, IN) - A leak sprung from an overturned fuel tanker truck Monday near Michigan City High School.

 

About 7:30 a.m., the driver hauling about 3,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel told investigators he was turning left from Cleveland Ave. onto Pahs Road when his brakes failed.

 

The truck unable to slow down enough to properly execute the turn wound up on its side.

 

Police said the driver, Horace Parnell, 36, of Illinois was able to crawl out a window in the cab of the truck and refused medical treatment.

 

La Porte County Hazardous Materials Coordinator Jeff Hamilton said an estimated 75 gallons of diesel fuel wound up on the grass, road and storm drain before the leak was sealed.

 

Hamilton said an environmental company was contacted to clean up the fuel and those efforts were still ongoing late in the afternoon.