Traffic & Transit
Hundreds Of Gallons Of Cooking Oil Spill Across I-75 In Sarasota: FHP
Only one lane of I-75 in Sarasota Friday morning after a semi-truck crash spilled cooking oil across multiple lanes, FL Highway Patrol said.
SARASOTA, FL — Hundreds of gallons of cooking oil spilled across multiple lanes of Interstate 75 after a Friday morning crash involving a semi-trailer truck and another truck, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
The crash happened at mile marker 210, just north of Fruitville Road.
The northbound outside lanes are closed because of the crash and spill.
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Only the left lane remained open as of 8:30 a.m., FHP said.
Traffic is “very congested” as emergency responders and tow trucks are on the scene, the agency said.
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