Tractor-Trailer Crash Closed I-84 West

50 gallons of fuel spilled on the highway.

State police in Cheshire shut down  Interstate 84 westbound after a tractor-trailer jackknifed on Wednesday evening.

The crash happened at 7 p.m., between exits 26 and 27, state police said.

A spokesman for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said 50 gallons of diesel fuel spewed from the truck.

The highway had to be closed for a few hours while crews cleaned up the leak.

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