Oil spill on I-90 causes crash

Idaho State Police were investigating an incident Wednesday evening in which a truck spilled oil on Interstate 90 from Osburn to Cataldo, causing a number of cars to slide but only one minor crash.

Few details were available, but a spokesman said a motorist followed the truck and reported it stopped at Killarney Lake on state Highway 3 about 16 miles southeast of Coeur d’Alene.

The first report of the oil spill came at 6:19 p.m., and Idaho Transportation Department crews were still sanding the freeway at 9:30 p.m. A more extensive cleanup was needed on Highway 3, where the truck stopped, according to state police.

No information was immediately available on how the oil was spilled.

The investigation was interrupted at 9:35 p.m. when a westbound vehicle collided with a moose on the freeway near Cataldo in an unrelated accident. The moose was killed, and there were injuries in the vehicle that hit it, but no details were available.