Read the latest update 3.30pm: Local bus leaks fuel and causes traffic chaos in Goonellabah

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. 

“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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