A tanker truck hauling 36,000 gallons of cooking oil crashed, overturned and began leaking its load in the unincorporated Mecca area east of Indio Friday night, causing a road closure, authorities said.
No one was injured in the single-vehicle wreck on Box Canyon Road three miles east of Painted Canyon Road, said Melody Hendrickson of the Riverside County Fire Department.
The crash was reported just before 7:30 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
Box Canyon Road was closed in both directions from Interstate 10 to Painted Canyon Road, according to the CHP’s online Traffic Incident Information Page.
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