A man hauling a horse trailer from Petaluma to Oregon last month allegedly spilled liquid hazardous waste from the trailer all over Santa Rosa, authorities said.
Santa Rosa police said officers responded at 10:03 a.m. on Sept. 28 to multiple 911 reports of diesel fuel spills in various locations in the city. Several hundred gallons of liquid spilled onto numerous roadways, prompting full and partial road closures and significant responses from police, firefighters, the California Highway Patrol, public works crews, and Caltrans.Five large plastic totes, each carrying several hundred gallons of liquid waste, fell onto roads, police said.
Through witness accounts and various security camera footage near many of the spill locations, officers learned the containers of liquid fell from the back of a silver-colored horse trailer being towed by a 2019 red Chevrolet passenger truck, both with Oregon license plates. Police learned Lester Sturm, a 78-year-old resident of Oregon, drove the truck. Sturm came to California to pick up the horse trailer he stored in Petaluma.
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