Houston car accident lawyers know that highway oil spills can wreak havoc on traffic flow because they are so difficult to clean up. The slowed traffic due to something like an oil spill often leads to traffic accidents as well. Luckily, Tuesday’s vegetable oil spill on Highway 290 didn’t lead to any traffic accidents, but it did create quite a mess and severely slowed traffic.
The spill occurred near 34th street in Northwest Houston at about 6 p.m. Vegetable oil leaked from an 18-wheeler truck, and according to the Texas Department of Transportation, the driver of the truck didn’t realize the vehicle was leaking. The spill caused a slippery mess on Highway 290 for about five hours while road crews cleaned up the spill.
Oil spills- even vegetable oil spills are difficult to clean up because, as we all know, oil and water don’t mix. In order to clean up spills more harsh and industrial cleaning agents are needed. Even missing the smallest bit of oil can lead to future traction problems on the roads, leading to accidents. This makes cleaning up oil spills is not only a difficult process, but a lengthy and time consuming one. Despite taking crews almost five hours to clean up the spill and get traffic moving again, there were no accidents or injuries as a result off the spill.
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