Van crashes into tanker truck in Hyde Park, causing fuel leak
BOSTON - A van crashed into a fuel truck in Hyde Park early Monday morning, causing a fuel spill.
The van was heading down Hyde Park Avenue around 3:20 a.m. when it slammed into the tanker, which was backing up into a gas station.
Two people in the van were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The truck driver hopped out and started pumping 11,000 gallons of gas into the station to prevent a major spill.
"Great for us because we could have had a worse disaster here," Boston Fire spokesperson Brian Alkins told reporters.
The Fire Department said about 50-to-60 gallons of fuel leaked onto the street. The cleanup took several hours.
