Hazmat accident closes Randall Road for five hours

Southbound Randall Road was closed for five hours early Friday following a traffic accident that resulted in hazardous material spilling onto the street, Elgin police said.

A Carpentersville truck driver was cited for his part in the single-vehicle accident that resulted in no injuries, authorities said.

At 12:30 a.m., a truck from R+L Carriers was turning onto Randall Road at South Street when one of its two semitrailers flipped over, police said.

At least two gallons of a corrosive liquid known as UN1760 leaked onto the street from the rear semitrailer, authorities said.

Police closed Randall Road while hazardous material teams from the Elgin and South Elgin fire departments secured the scene and kept the substance from flowing into the water system, authorities said.

Workers from a private hazardous material contractor cleaned up the mess and officers reopened the street at around 5:30 a.m., Elgin Police Lt. Glenn Theriault said.

Police ticketed truck driver Pawel M. Gadzalski, 34, of the 1900 block of Cobblestone Drive, for failing to reduce his speed to avoid the accident.

He is due in court Sept. 7 in Elgin.