Major emergency declared as fuel tanker driver dies in smash

A FUEL tanker driver has died after his vehicle was in collision with a lorry carrying scrap metal – forcing the closure of a main road in Andalucia in the south of Spain this morning (Saturday).
A Level 1 Emergency Plan was activated after the tanker, carrying diesel oil, was involved in a smash on the A-49 at km 80.9 in Huelva.
The collision, just after 9.10am, left the driver of the tanker trapped in his cab and fuel leaking from the vehicle.
Firefighters reportedly had to cut the driver free but he did not survive.
The road remains closed, with a diversion via the H-31, as the remaining fuel is transferred to another tanker and the emergency services clear the vehicles from the road.

🔴📢 Fallece el conductor de un camión al colisionar con otro camión en el kilómetro 80,900 de la A-49 #Huelva (sentido Portugal) Habilitado desvío alternativo por la H-31 🚔🚒 pic.twitter.com/8VAJCZeSYN

— Emergencias 112 (@E112Andalucia) September 29, 2018

🔴 ACTUALIZACIÓN | @HuelvaJunta activa nivel 1 del Plan de Emergencias Ante el Riesgo de Accidentes de Mercancías Peligrosas por la colisión entre un camión que llevaba gasoil y otro de chatarra en la A-49. Más info 👉 https://t.co/O8hzeXN2q4 pic.twitter.com/y2bUhXdUc9

— Emergencias 112 (@E112Andalucia) September 29, 2018

Los operativos de emergencia continúan trabajando en el lugar del accidente, entre ellos #GREA112, para restrablecer la normalidad en la zona. En estos momentos, se realizan las labores de trasvase. La vía continúa cortada pic.twitter.com/wMea0poGNs

— Emergencias 112 (@E112Andalucia) September 29, 2018