WCDO Radio News

The Broome County Sheriff’s Office responded to a tractor trailer accident on I-88 in the Town of Fenton that was transporting compressed Methane Gas.   52 year old Jeffrey Lind of Hallstead Pennsylvania was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced deceased, deputies & local fire departments evacuated all homes & schools located within a ¼ mile of the scene.  Lind was operating the tractor trailer owned by Xpress Natural Gas of Montrose,   the preliminary investigation and eyewitness accounts indicated that Lind swerved to avoid a deer, lost control, struck the concrete barrier, overturned & slid across the highway into a concrete barrier.  Crews removed the remaining gas from the scene, the evacuation remained in effect and surrounding roadways were closed into the afternoon hours, the cleanup and investigation continued into the afternoon hours.