Driver cited after milk tanker trailer overturns

CREATED Mar. 13, 2012

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The driver of a tanker truck transporting milk was cited Sunday by Oregon State Police following a non-injury rollover crash on Highway 201N north of Ontario. An estimated 100 gallons of milk leaked from the tanker trailer leading to the road being partially blocked for one hour.

Around 11:34 a.m. a tanker truck pulling tanker trailer driven by James Tellez, 39 of Kuna, was eastbound on Hyline Road, failed to stop at the stop sign entering Highway 201N and the rear trailer rolled.

Tellez was not injured. He was cited by OSP for Fail to Obey a Traffic Control Device.