FORT COLLINS, Colo.—A Wyoming trucker blamed for an asphalt spill into the Poudre River in northern Colorado has been cited for careless driving.
The Colorado State Patrol says 52-year-old Kenneth Gale of Rawlins, Wyo., suffered minor injuries in the Wednesday morning accident. About 5,000 gallons of the tar spilled into the river in Roosevelt National Forest.
The spill caused the city of Fort Collins to shut down water collection from the river, moving its intake to a reservoir. City and environmental officials were surveying the spill Wednesday to gauge the damage.
An official with the U.S. Forest Service said toxicology tests are ongoing but that the river won’t be closed for swimming or fishing outside the immediate spill area.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan,
