UPDATE: 3.07pm:

The rain brought with it a series of unfortunate events on the road today, with multiple incidents creating havoc on the Bruxner Highway and surrounding suburb roads in Goonellabah.

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Before 9am this morning, a large fuel spill from a bus caused major traffic delays on the Bruxner Highway - as the fuel spread over a large road surface area and traffic slowed to a crawl.

Richmond Police District Superintendent Scott Tanner said the cause of the fuel spill was a ruptured fuel line on a bus.

"The area of road affected by the fuel spill was from Rotary Drive to Pineapple Road," Supt Tanner said.

"Lismore Council and Fire and Rescue NSW are cleaning up the spill and the road is now completely open.

"The bus was located and is back in the depot getting fixed."

Unrelated accident

Supt Tanner said a car accident further up the Bruxner Highway, closer to the speed camera at Wollongbar was not related to the fuel spill.

"But it's certainly a reminder to motorists to drive to conditions in wet weather to avoid accidents," he said.

Car spin out eye witness

The Lismore App was contacted by a member of the public earlier today to report the major spill, which stretched from Goonellabah shops roundabout to the bottom of Cynthia Wilson Drive.

The person reported seeing a car with a trailer spin out and a motorbike rider go down, between Rous Road and Kirkwood turn off, on a stretch of road with no hazard or warning signs.

Council clean up

A Council spokesperson said Council was working with Fire and Rescue NSW to clean up and wash down down the roads, with both sides of the road affected by the fuel spill.

EARLIER UPDATE 10.25am:

A large diesel fuel spill in Goonellabah has already resulted in a number of car accidents and police are asking motorists to avoid a number of local roads.

The roads are:

• Rotary Drive roundabout along Ballina Rd to Pineapple Rd

• From Pineapple Road to Oliver Ave

• Rous Road and Oliver Ave roundabout to Ballina Road

• Cynthia Wilson Drive

• Clifford Street

• Holland Street

• Invercauld Road

Members of the public have also reported on social media that near council chambers and the health clinic all the way along to Rous Road has a lot of spill. 

Also avoid the crossroads at Oliver Ave and Holland St, outside Parkview funeral home.

ORIGINAL STORY:

Traffic on the Bruxner Highway in Goonellabah has slowed to a one lane crawl after what appears to be a car accident near the Rous Road roundabout. 

Goonellabah resident Luke Kane contacted the Lismore App to report that about a kilometre of fuel has been spilled on the highway north of the roundabout up toward Deegan Drive – turning a journey that would normally take less than a minute into more than ten minutes of waiting. 

“We came out of Deegan Drive about 8.55am and saw the traffic piled up on the way toward Lombardos.” Luke said. 

Car crash

“We saw a 4WD vehicle in a garden there and another car with front end damage. It looked like it might have crashed near the roundabout and its fuel had leaked on the road.

“It’s very slippery because of the fuel spill on the road. I saw a couple pf police drive past and I think they will need to get a hazmat onto the road to soak up the petrol."

The Lismore App contacted Lismore Police and was told that local police do not yet have any cars on scene, but that police have received numerous calls from the public about it.

We will update you as more information comes to hand.

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