Storm dumps 15-18" of snow
<p>Truckers were lined up at the base of the North hill chaining up during Tuesday’s snow storm.</p>
A winter storm hitting Boundary County Tuesday resulted in the Idaho State Police sending out an advisory that highly recommended semi trucks to use chains in Boundary County.
This after a semi-truck almost went over an embankment on the North hill in almost the exact spot where a fatal accident took place in November.
The accident was reported at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.
“The truck took out about 20 jersey wall barriers,” said Boundary County Sheriff detective Dave McClelland.
According to McClelland the truck would have gone over if it hadn’t got hung up on one of the barriers, and the cab was facing down the embankment.
Two men a driver and passenger were in the cab of the semi at the time and no major injuries were reported.
The truck’s fuel tank was also punctured spilling approximately 100 gallons of diesel fuel into the snow on the road. traffic was reduced to one lane while Hazmat and a private contractor cleaned up the spill that went into the afternoon hours.
McClelland said the fuel was contained on the road and slope and the diesel went down mostly on the pavement. Hazmat and a private contractor cleaned up the spill and North hill traffic was reduced to one lane while the clean up took place.
“Hazmat and the private contractor mitigated the whole situation and the bill is on the trucking company,” McClelland said.
It was a messy Tuesday on the north hill with slide offs and trucks jack knifed making an already difficult day of travel worse.
It was estimated that 15 inches of snow fell on the Boundary County Bonners Ferry area on Tuesday and another foot expected Wednesday and today with freezing temperatures to follow.
Law enforcement reminds travelers to wear seat belts at all times and allow safe distance between cars while driving.