Posted: 06.28.2010

A milk tanker crashed in southern
Wisconsin, spilling thousands of gallons of milk.

Brodhead Police Chief Thomas Moczynski says
about 100 gallons of diesel fuel also spilled along with the
estimated 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of milk.

Moczynski says the spill has been contained within a block.
Police say the truck driver was heading south on state Highway
11 when he left the roadway and crashed around 4:30 a.m. Saturday.

The driver was taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries. The
tanker ended up in a yard with serious damage.

The state Department of Natural Resources was among the
responders to the scene.

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