Shortly before 3pm Monday, Boone County 911 received calls of a oil tanker crash near the Anchor Road exit on Corridor G. When fire units arrived on scene, they found a truck belonging to Necessary Oil Company demolished in the Northbound lane.

The truck, which had apparently flipped, had separated into three sections, spilling the entire contents of a waste oil container into the road. The oil had coated the road and had seeped down into median between the north and southbound lanes. The steady stream of oil creeping down the median was up to 4 inches deep.

According to Trooper Barker, of the Madison Detachment of the West Virginia State Police, James Gray, 48, of Bristol Tennessee, and an as yet unidentified passenger were travelling north when reports from the passenger seemed to indicate that the driver suffered from some sort of a seizure. The driver lost control and flipped the truck at least twice.

Gray was ejected from the truck and landed in the median, while a bystander was able to help the passenger from the truck.

First responders from the Madison and Danville Volunteer Fire Departments were able to stabilize the driver, who was in serious condition until medics from the Boone County Ambulance Authority arrived on scene, minutes later. They called for Healthnet, which landed in the Southbound lane of the roadway and transported the victim to CAMC General Division. Barker said the passenger, who was walking around when troopers arrived on the scene, was also later ground transported to an unknown hospital.

The roadway was closed for several hours, and on Tuesday morning, state Division of Environmental Protection officials were on scene. According to these officials, the oil had seeped into the roadway and caused some of the asphault to buckle.

Contractors were on scene at the accident site at press time and were collecting all the contaminated soil.

Trooper Barker said the investigation is ongoing.