{"id":15903,"date":"2019-06-12T16:05:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T22:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=58378"},"modified":"2019-06-13T09:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:07:58","slug":"happening-now-truck-rollover-halts-traffic-just-west-of-byers-canyon-fuel-confirmed-not-to-reach-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/happening-now-truck-rollover-halts-traffic-just-west-of-byers-canyon-fuel-confirmed-not-to-reach-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Happening now: Truck rollover halts traffic just west of Byers Canyon; fuel confirmed not to reach river"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/64224553_2302751293301278_998143699441418240_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/64224553_2302751293301278_998143699441418240_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/64224553_2302751293301278_998143699441418240_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/64224553_2302751293301278_998143699441418240_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><figcaption><strong>A truck rollover Wednesday afternoon causes traffic to stop along Highway 40 immediately west of Byers Canyon.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy\/Grand County Sheriff<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A semi-truck rollover has temporarily closed both lanes of Highway 40 at the west end of Byers Canyon, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The rollover, which occurred at around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday between Parshall and Hot Sulphur Springs, caused the truck to lose its load of lumber and spill fuel on the roadway. The driver suffered only minor injuries and refused medical treatment, according to the Grand County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Clean-up of the scene is currently underway, but the sheriff\u2019s office estimates the road will be closed for the next several hours.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel from the truck did not reach the Colorado River, which runs through the canyon, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic at the scene will be alternated whenever possible. The sheriff\u2019s office said the road would likely fully open later Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/happening-now-truck-rollover-halts-traffic-just-west-of-byers-canyon-fuel-confirmed-not-to-reach-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A truck rollover Wednesday afternoon causes traffic to stop along Highway 40 immediately west of Byers Canyon.Courtesy\/Grand County Sheriff A semi-truck rollover has temporarily closed both lanes of Highway 40 at the west end of Byers Canyon, according to local authorities. The rollover, which occurred at around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday between Parshall and Hot Sulphur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 10:15:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15914,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15903\/revisions\/15914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}