Tractor Trailer Backs Into Gas Well, Creates Large Leak

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Officials have shut down Route 136 in Westmoreland County after a tractor trailer accident caused a large gas leak.
The accident happened around 5 p.m.Crews have shut down Route 136 between Poverty Hollow and Herminie Roads.
According to emergency dispatchers, the tractor trailer reportedly backed into a large gas well, tearing off the head of the well.
Firefighters and Hazmat teams have been called to the scene.
So far, there have been no evacuations in the are