Overturned oil truck closes westbound Schuylkill Expressway in Philly

The crash occurred about 8:45 a.m.

File Photo: Westbound lanes of Schuylkill Expressway backed up following an earlier accident.Read moreED HILLE / Staff Photographer

Updated Mar. 29, 2019, 1:20 p.m. ET

Published Mar. 29, 2019, 9:09 a.m. ET

An overturned oil delivery truck closed the westbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway at Montgomery Avenue in Philadelphia for 90 minutes Friday.

No injuries were reported.

The truck leaked heating oil and a hazmat unit as well as sand trucks were brought in to clean up the mess.

The crash occurred about 8:45 a.m. and officials succeeded in opening the highway one lane at a time starting around 10:15 a.m. The highway fully reopened about 1 p.m.

Police diverted traffic off at Montgomery Avenue during the closure.