Maine State Police are investigating after a fuel truck rolled over on Interstate 295 north in Brunswick overnight.
State police troopers responded to the fuel truck rollover around 2:43 a.m. A Kenworth fuel truck owned by Irving Oil Company and loaded with 2,900 gallons of off-road diesel had left the roadway to the right and overturned.
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The driver, identified by police as 28-year-old Nicholas Garcia, of Cape Elizabeth, was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland and is expected to survive.
State police said about 2,400 gallons of diesel fuel leaked as a result of the crash. While the truck has been cleared, Clean Harbors is on scene with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection managing the fuel cleanup efforts.
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The northbound travel lane was closed for much of the day during cleanup.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
