KENT – A logging truck that authorities said was attempting to turn onto Route 301 at Kittredge Drive in western Kent Tuesday overturned dumping its cargo across the road as well as rupturing a 30-gallon diesel fuel tank in the vicinity of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection watershed.
Nine-one-one calls around noontime sent members of the Kent Police, Kent Fire Department, Town of Kent EMS Squad, Putnam County Hazardous Materials Team, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York City Department of Environmental Protection to the scene.
Kent Police Chief Kevin Owens said the unidentified driver of the big rig managed to get out of the wreckage prior to the arrival of emergency personnel. He was taken to Putnam Hospital Center and treated in the emergency room for non-life-threatening injuries.
Kent Fire Chief Brennon Frowd said when manpower arrived, crews contained the leaking fuel while the specially trained HazMat team assisted with mitigation and cleanup.
Route 301 in the vicinity of the Sedgewood Club in Kent Cliffs was closed to traffic for several hours until the oil was removed, the truck righted and towed away and the road cleaned of slippery oil residue.
Route 301 is the main east-west corridor in Putnam County connecting Carmel to Cold Spring.
Also assisting was Putnam Commissioner of Emergency Services James Oster and Deputy Commissioner Ralph Falloon.
No injuries were reported to emergency responders.
The road was reopened to traffic before nightfall.
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