02/09/2016 - WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 1400 hours on the afternoon of Tuesday, February 9, 2016 the Whitman Fire Department received a 9-1-1 call reporting an oil truck that was about to overturn on an access road on Beaver Street. Car-3, Engine-2 and Rescue-1 responded. A box was struck for manpower. Companies arrived to find a home heating oil delivery truck with approximately 1500 gallons of fuel on board leaning off of a long driveway, being held upright by a few small trees. The occupants of the vehicle were not injured. The roadway gave way, sending the truck sliding to the left side, and off the road. The situation was complicated by wetlands on either side of the narrow long driveway. An empty fuel truck responded to off load the remaining product in the truck. Once the truck was off-loaded, two heavy duty tow trucks were called in to right the vehicle and get it off the damaged road. The entire incident lasted several hours. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection responded to assist. An East Bridgewater DOT Police Officer, and the Plymouth County Sheriffs Department BCI Unit also assisted Whitman Police on-scene.
