{"id":6533,"date":"2012-10-11T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:30","slug":"tanker-truck-flips-onto-side-in-sherman-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/6533\/tanker-truck-flips-onto-side-in-sherman-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanker Truck Flips onto Side in Sherman Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHERMAN, TX &#8212; A Southern Energy tanker truck, carrying approximately 8,000 gallons of a potentially dangerous liquid of petroleum distillate, flipped onto its side in Sherman Texas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6544\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6544\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6544\" title=\"sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Sherman Energy tanker truck hauling flammable liquid overturned on the FM 1417 spur when it rolled into a ditch as it was backing out of its driveway in Sherman, TX on October 9, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->The city of Sherman is located 62 miles north of Dallas.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/kten.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=234084;hostDomain=www.kten.com;playerWidth=492;playerHeight=295;isShowIcon=true;clipId=7821306;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay'><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kten.com\" title=\"KTEN.com - No One Gets You Closer\">KTEN.com &#8211; No One Gets You Closer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred early Tuesday morning, October 9,\u00a0 at about 5:30 a.m. on the Spur of F.M. 1417 between US Hwy 82 and State Hwy 56 where the truck flipped onto its side causing several businesses and homes to be evacuated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6545\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6545\" title=\"sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident-map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident-map-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/sherman-tx-tanker-truck-accident-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map showing location of a tanker truck accident on the Farm to Market 1417 spur between U.S. Highway 82 and State Highway 56 in Sherman, TX on October 9, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>TexDOT crews arrived on the scene and shut down the busy road for hours.<\/p>\n<p>kten.com reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fire Chief Jeff Jones says nothing leaked out of the truck and that it was being emptied of all the 8,000 gallons of liquid, which he says was carrying a thinned out petroleum product similar to lighter fluid, before it could be removed.<\/p>\n<p>Jones says the Southern Energy truck was turning at its driveway, at a truck yard where it stops on the way from Texas to Oklahoma City, when the accident happened.<\/p>\n<p>Two large tow trucks were standing by to remove the truck so that the road could be reopened.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Posted by <a title=\"Dallas truck accident lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/Northeastern-Texas.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas truck accident lawyer<\/a> Gordon, Elias &amp; 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