Diesel Spill Slows Traffic On Wade Hampton

Crews Block One Lane Of Boulevard

POSTED: 12:55 pm EST March 5, 2008

UPDATED: 1:22 pm EST March 5, 2008

TAYLORS, S.C. -- A diesel fuel spill slowed down traffic on a heavily traveled road in Taylors on Wednesday.

The spill happened near the intersection of St. Mark Road and Wade Hampton Boulevard around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Fire crews closed one lane of the northbound side of Wade Hampton while they cleaned up the spill.

Crews used a sand compound to soak up the spilled fuel.

There was no word on how the fuel got spilled on the road.

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