Officials clean up tractor-trailer fuel spill, reopen major Lexington road
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- Officials closed outbound Newtown Pike after a tractor-trailer collision and fuel spill.
- Lexington firefighters extinguished a tractor-trailer fire and reported no injuries.
- Police reopened the road at 12:45 p.m. after cleaning up spilled diesel fuel.
Officials have reopened a major road in northern Lexington after cleaning up a fuel spill from a tractor-trailer collision, according to the Lexington Police Department.
The collision happened around 6:30 a.m. on outbound Newtown Pike, just past Nandino Boulevard, said Lexington police Lt. Jeff Howard. The Lexington Fire Department said a tractor-trailer hit a guard rail and caught fire.
The fire was extinguished by firefighters, and no injuries were reported, according to Howard.
Outbound Newtown Pike between Nandino Boulevard and Citation Boulevard was closed for several hours while officials cleaned up a fluid spill from the tractor-trailer, Howard said.
The fire department said diesel fuel spilled from the tractor-trailer. At 12:45 p.m., police said the road had reopened.
This story was originally published June 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM.
