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Tanker truck causes major closure on North Cascades Highway

Tanker truck causes major closure on North Cascades Highway

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NEWHALEM, WA. – (KGMI.com) A tanker truck crash caused a major closure on the North Cascades Highway over the weekend.

WSDOT said the truck went off the road near Rainy Pass on Friday afternoon, November 3rd.

The truck flipped onto its top down a steep slope with 11,000 gallons of fuel in the tanker.

Highway 20 was fully closed until Saturday night as three tow trucks carefully brought the truck back onto the roadway.

No one was seriously injured in the crash.

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