Here's when Friant Road is expected to reopen after propane truck crash

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A ample conception of Friant Road northbound of the City of Fresno remains closed aft a Tuesday nighttime crash betwixt a sedan and a propane truck.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the roadworthy volition beryllium closed until astatine slightest Thursday greeting oregon sometime Friday astatine the latest, arsenic the propane truck, afloat astatine the clip of the crash, continues to leak.

They accidental to reopen the roadway, hazmat teams indispensable either headdress the leaking motortruck oregon fto it leak completely.

"We recognize the headaches that having a roadworthy closed similar Friant is causing a batch of radical retired there. Believe me, we consciousness their pain. We don't similar to adjacent roads erstwhile we don't person to, but obviously, for the information of everybody retired there, it's conscionable what needs to beryllium done," said Mike Salas with the California Highway Patrol.

Salas says there's nary different option, arsenic the leak continues to make a large hazard.

"There's ever a hazard for occurrence oregon detonation depending connected what happens arsenic they're trying to headdress it. So, again, information is our utmost important ngo retired there," said Salas.

Now, crews from agencies astir the portion are on-scene arsenic they enactment to find a harmless resolution.

"We bash person region health, we person Cal Fire, Fresno City Fire, the California Highway Patrol, hazardous worldly experts retired there, each on-scene evaluating it," Salas said.

It each started with the archetypal clang astir 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, erstwhile CHP says the motortruck collided with a sedan.

Salas says the antheral and pistillate successful that car are inactive successful the infirmary with large injuries.

Their car, and the propane motortruck inactive connected its side, stay astatine the location, incapable to beryllium removed until the leak is resolved.

Salas says however the clang happened remains nether investigation.

"What we bash cognize is that that car truly conscionable pulled retired successful beforehand of that propane truck. We don't cognize why," Salas explained. "Whether they were distracted, determination was an obstruction, we conscionable don't cognize astatine this point. We're hoping to find out."

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