Getty Oil Tank Truck; Albany, New York

Albany, New York | 1997-Jan-14

Initial Notification: A tractor-trailer tanker overturned on the Dunn Memorial Bridge, connecting Albany and Rennesselaer, New York over the Hudson River. Approximately 11,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline spilled from the tanker into the river. The incident occurred at 1630 on January 14, 1997. The weather at the time was water temperature about 35?F, air temperature about 15? F, and the winds were 5 to 15 knots from the southwest. About 20 percent the river was covered with ice. USCG district 1.