One tractor-trailer hit another on Interstate 95 South in Norwalk early Saturday morning, rupturing a tank and causing a fuel spill, and sending vegetables onto the highway, according to the fire department.
The Norwalk Fire Department responded to the highway, between exits 14 and 13, at 5 a.m.
They said a tractor-trailer was in the breakdown lane, waiting to have a tire repaired when another tractor-trailer struck it.
The crash ruptured the diesel saddle tank of the disabled truck and spilled the vegetables of the other truck across the highway, according to the fire department.
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Neither driver was injured.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded because of the fuel spill, which was contained.
Officials said the high-speed lane would be the only lane passable until the cleanup is complete.
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