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Las Vegas freeway reopened hours after fuel tanker crash

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A key stretch of Las Vegas freeway has reopened, about nine hours after a pre-dawn crash involving an overturned fuel tanker and spilled gasoline. The Nevada Highway Patrol said U.S. 95 west of downtown reopened in both directions before 2 p.m. Wednesday. A Las Vegas Fire & Rescue spokesman said about 100 gallons of gasoline spilled following the wreck that left the tanker on its side near Valley View Boulevard and forced the complete road closure through the morning commute. Another tanker was brought in for removal of what the official said was approximately 8,500 gallons of fuel from the damaged truck. The Highway Patrol said no one was seriously hurt in the crash involving in the big rig and a BMW. 

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