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November 2, 2007

Route 95 shut down in East Lyme, Conn.

EAST LYME, Conn. -- Route 95 is shut down in both directions in East Lyme after a tanker truck hit two cars and overturned, spilling fuel on the highway and causing several fatalities.

A state police spokesman calls it a significant accident. A fuel truck jackknifed and crashed onto its side.

Lt. J. Paul Vance says there are confirmed fatalities, but he does not know how many. He says two people have been taken to area hospitals.

State transportation officials say the accident will take seven to eight hours to clean up.

Firefighters are spraying foam on the diesel fuel, and state environmental officials are headed to the site. The tanker belongs to Northeast Carriers.

State police are also ordering portions of Route 1 and Interstate 395 to be shut, snarling traffic in the area.

State police and firefighters have set up a command post at exit 75 of the highway.

-- The Associated Press

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