Semi crash causes large diesel spill near Richmond

Heard on: Jefferson OH Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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00:00

Be advised, this is a jackknife semi truck right there at the corner.

00:05

Something appears to be a diesel tank, it's leaking all over the roadway.

00:10

That's received.

00:15

3818, 10-3 JCOM.

00:21

3818 JCOM, be advised we have a semi with a low boy trailer on it.

00:27

He slid off the opposite lane road going towards Richmond.

00:34

He's through the guardrail, that is what pierced the fuel tank.

00:38

We're going to need our heavy-duty wrecker.

00:42

Ten four, police are en route.

00:45

3818 J call.

00:49

3818 J call.

00:53

3818 to JCOM.

00:56

38.

00:58

Sir, be advised we got approximately a hundred gallon of diesel fuel spilling on the road going in the ditch alongside this.

01:08

Can you go ahead and tone out 59 or 81 if they have any big mats or

01:19

477.

01:21

Car roll.

2026-09-12 15:49 UTC

Traffic

Richmond, OH 43944

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As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a jackknifed semi truck near Richmond that went through a guardrail and appears to have pierced a fuel tank, causing an estimated diesel spill onto the roadway and into a nearby ditch. A heavy-duty wrecker and additional units with absorbent materials are requested, and police are en route.