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Cops: Fuel spill in Cedarhurst tanker crash

Cleanup crews and firefighters at the scene of

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Cleanup crews and firefighters at the scene of a fuel spill caused when a tanker truck overturned early Wednesday in Cedarhurst. (Jan. 9, 2013)

Cleanup crews are working into the night to contain a fuel spill caused when a tanker truck overturned early Wednesday in Cedarhurst, police said.

The accident occurred at 4:54 a.m. on Rockaway Turnpike near Burnside Avenue, Nassau County police said.

Fire officials said volunteers from Inwood and several other Five Towns fire departments were on the scene along with hazmat crews cleaning...

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