Driver identified in fatal rollover Hwy 20 N Tues

Jamestown (CSi) Stutsman County Sheriff, Chad Kaiser, Wednesday afternoon said that 58 year old Daniel Ray Peterson of Jamestown died at the scene of the tanker truck rollover Tuesday morning.

Kaiser said that the tanker truck was northbound on Highway 20, in the 5-mile curve area, hauling 8500 gallons of diesel for Cenex Harvest States, when a tire went off the roadway.

Peterson was able to get the truck and trailer back on the road, then the trailer started fishtailing, with Peterson losing control on the next curve on the highway causing the unit to roll into the east ditch.

Kaiser says Peterson was wearing a seat belt.

Kaiser says the crash created a hole in the front section of the trailer that leaked diesel fuel into the ditch.

He says the first compartment of the tanker held 4500 gallons of diesel fuel and was punctured, causing the fuel to spill in the ditch.

The Jamestown Rural Fire Department blocked two culverts on either side of the ditch with gravel to contain the fuel spill.

The unit is owned by Cenex Harvest States and was headed to Tolna, ND when the accident occurred.

A CHS crew was dispatched from Minot to clean up off-load the remaining fuel and haul the truck/tanker away.

Photos by Tom Ravely, CSi

Previously….

The Jamestown Rescue Squad and Jamestown Rural Fire Department were called to Highway 20, six miles north of Jamestown at 10:24-a.m., Tuesday, to a tanker truck rollover, which punctured the tank and was leaking diesel fuel.

Peterson’s  body was taken to Bismarck for an autopsy.   The highway was open to one lane until the roadway is cleaned up and the vehicle removed.

The rural fire fighters were on scene, and reports say the diesel spill was contained in a 100 foot area in the east ditch of the highway, and that Central Valley Health was being contacted concerning the hazardous waste.

The one unit cab/tanker was being up-righted for removal later Tuesday.

The spilled fuel cleanup estimated at about 100 gallons was  handled by a contractor,  on Tuesday.

The tanker contained about 8500 gallons of fuel.

Jamestown City Fire Department Lt. Sheldon Mohr says the rescue squad with two units and nine personnel was on the scene about an hour and ten minutes.

Also responding to the scene was the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, the North Dakota Highway Patrol, and Jamestown Area Ambulance Service.

Photo credit:  Thomas Ravely – CSi