Multiple law enforcement agencies and emergency personnel worked to clear the road after a truck carrying propane rolled over on N.M. 217 at milepost 3.
On Friday morning, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputies and New Mexico State Police officers arrived at the scene to find an overturned propane truck actively leaking propane and two injured occupants inside.
Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue reported that both occupants of the truck were taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital with serious injuries that were not life-threatening. BCSO reported that a propane company successfully removed about half of the leaking fuel, but that the remaining propane needed to be burned before the truck could be moved from the road.
BCFR and BCSO said that the north and southbound lanes of N.M. 217 between Gonzales and Ally Rd. were closed with barricades in place until the remaining 1,800 gallons of propane had burned. Due to the complexity of the hazardous materials leak and the severity of the occupants’ injuries, the scene is currently under investigation by State Police.
After five days of burning excess fuel, the truck was cleared from the road by BCSO on Wednesday. No exact cause for the crash has been released.