Tanker Truck Accident and Fuel Spill into Indian Creek; Highway 101 at Milepost 298.2, Washington
NOAA initial notification: “Initial Report: The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) was notified by Washington Department of Ecology (WAECY) that a dual-trailer tanker truck went off road between milepost 238 and 237 of Hwy 101 and into Indian Creek. One trailer is carrying a potential of 3900 […]”[1]
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Posted 29 Jul 2025
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“Sunday, July 27, 2025 -- 7 p.m. Today at Indian Creek, crews continued working across impacted areas and also focused on the upper half mile of Indian Creek near the accident location. This section of the creek is harder to access and contains dense vegetation and debris where fuel has collected. Crews made good progress at the accident location, where recovery and cleanup are […]” Current outcome is not independently verified by seahazards.[3]
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3 dated source records · 18 Jul 2025 to 29 Jul 2025NOAA incident record opened
Initial notification excerpt: “Initial Report: The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) was notified by Washington Department of Ecology (WAECY) that a dual-trailer tanker truck went off road between milepost 238 and 237 of Hwy 101 and into Indian Creek. One trailer is carrying a potential of 3900 gallons of diesel and the other a potential of 6000 gallons of gasoline. The driver has been taken to the hospital. WAECY is enroute. The trucking company is hiring a response cleanup contractor, ETA unknown. Washington State Patrol is on-scene and is reporting the truck is currently leaking oil into the river. It is unknown if this is coming from either of the two trailers or the saddle tanks. National Marine Fisheries […]”
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Milestone 1 of 3: 18 Jul 2025. NOAA incident record opened. NOAA approximate incident area; not a vessel track
NOAA incident record opened
Initial notification excerpt: “Initial Report: The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) was notified by Washington Department of Ecology (WAECY) that a dual-trailer tanker truck went off road between milepost 238 and 237 of Hwy 101 and into Indian Creek. One trailer is carrying a potential of 3900 gallons of diesel and the other a potential of 6000 gallons of gasoline. The driver has been taken to the hospital. WAECY is enroute. The trucking company is hiring a response cleanup contractor, ETA unknown. Washington State Patrol is on-scene and is reporting the truck is currently leaking oil into the river. It is unknown if this is coming from either of the two trailers or the saddle tanks. National Marine Fisheries […]”
NOAA approximate incident area; not a vessel track (48.064°, -123.601°)
KOMO News story
Source report excerpt: “Tanker truck leaking petroleum into creek after crash west of Port Angeles Colleen West ,KOMONewsStaff Fri, July 18th 2025 at 11:36 AM Updated Fri, July 18th 2025 at 12:48 PM A tanker truck went off the roadway and into Indian Creek on US 101 near milepost 238 west of Port Angeles in Clallam County on Friday, July 18, 2025. The Washington State Patrol said the tanked truck was leaking petroleum. (Photo courtesy: WSP Trooper Katherine Weatherwax via X) CLALLAM COUNTY, Wash. — A tanker truck is leaking petroleum after it went off Highway 101 and into Indian Creek, west of Port Angeles, Friday morning. The crash was reported by the Washington State Department of Transportation shortly before […]”
Situation Update
Source report excerpt: “Sunday, July 27, 2025 -- 7 p.m. Today at Indian Creek, crews continued working across impacted areas and also focused on the upper half mile of Indian Creek near the accident location. This section of the creek is harder to access and contains dense vegetation and debris where fuel has collected. Crews made good progress at the accident location, where recovery and cleanup are nearing completion. Current operations include: Agitating the creek bed, including sparging with air and water to release collected fuel trapped beneath rocks and debris. Removing contaminated soil from along the slope of the roadway where the truck entered the creek Flushing sections of the shoreline of the creek […]”
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- 1.Tanker Truck Accident and Fuel Spill into Indian Creek; Highway 101 at Milepost 298.2, Washington ↗NOAA Office of Response and Restoration · 18 Jul 2025
- 2.KOMO News story ↗NOAA IncidentNews · source report archive · 18 Jul 2025
- 3.Situation Update ↗NOAA IncidentNews · source report archive · 29 Jul 2025
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NOAAORR-11034 NOAA response record
Tanker Truck Accident and Fuel Spill into Indian Creek; Highway 101 at Milepost 298.2, Washington. Elwha, Washington. 1. Initial Report: The NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) was notified by Washington Department of Ecology (WAECY) that a dual-trailer tanker truck went off road between milepost 238 and 237 of Hwy 101 and into Indian Creek. One trailer is carrying a potential of 3900 gallons of diesel and the other a potential of 6000 gallons of gasoline. The driver has been taken to the hospital. WAECY is enroute. The trucking company is hiring a response cleanup contractor, ETA unknown. Washington State Patrol is on-scene and is reporting the truck is currently leaking oil into the river. It is unknown if this is coming from either of the two trailers or the saddle tanks. National Marine Fisheries Service has been notified. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: GASOLINE AND DIESEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 9900 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 48.064N 123.601W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11034: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11034Open record and warning history →
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