Photo courtesy of the Anne Arundel County police.
An overturned truck on Route 50 caused road closures and school delays for some Anne Arundel County Public Schools Monday.
The tractor-trailer overturned at about 5 a.m. on westbound Route 50. Authorities shut down then Severn River Bridge to traffic in both directions, the Anne Arundel County police said.
The truck was leaking fuel and a cleanup is underway, according to police.
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One person was reported to have not life-threatening injuries.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools tweeted that Broadneck area schools would start school virtually with a two-hour delay. Other schools in the county would operate as regularly scheduled.
AACPS said that families will be updated with school-specific information.
"We are working through those issues on a minute-by-minute basis but families who have students in the Broadneck area who travel to magnet programs and those whose students attend schools in the Annapolis area may be the most impacted by delays or inability to get bus service," the school wrote in an online update. "Thank you for your patience and understanding."
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) said in a release it would take crews about five hours for the road to reopen.
Westbound 50 remains closed and authorities are diverting traffic to Route 2, MDOT SHA said.
"Crews are attempting to upright the tanker, tow it to another location and offload the diesel tanks, then burn off the contents (10,000 pounds of propane) of the truck. This will likely take several hours," MDOT SHA said. "If crews are unable to complete this operation at another location, they will undertake this process at the scene."
