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A14 shut as fuel tanker crashes A14 to reopen after tanker crash
(about 7 hours later)
An overturned fuel tanker has caused part of the A14 to be closed in both directions, causing delays in Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire. A 12-mile stretch of the A14 is to be reopened nearly 12 hours after a chemical tanker overturned.
The tanker overturned close to Junction 15 near Keyston at about 06:30 GMT, causing ethanol to spill on the road. Up to 38,000 tonnes of ethanol leaked on to the road when the crash happened close to Junction 15 near Keyston, Cambridgeshire, at about 06:30 GMT.
Police said long delays were expected and the dual carriageway was likely to remain shut between Junction 13 and Junction 21 into the afternoon. The crash forced the closure of the road, between junctions 13 and 21, with drivers facing a 30-mile detour.
Drivers are being diverted via the A605 through Oundle and the A1(M). The driver, a man in his 40s, was taken to hospital after suffering head injuries in the accident.
The East of England Ambulance Service said the male driver, in his 40s, suffered a "non-serious" head injury and was taken to Hinchingbrooke Hospital for further treatment. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said 40 people helped to clear up the spill, with the Environment Agency trying to stop the flammable liquid seeping into drains.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said due to the flammable nature of the liquid, the road would be shut until the tanker leak had been fixed. A spokesman said a "significant amount" of the substance had flowed into the drains, but luckily it could be easily diluted with water.
Environment Agency workers are at the scene to aid fire crews and stop the fuel spilling into nearby drains.