When I pulled up, I saw a construction crew on the guardrail pointing to a truck just beyond the King Street overpass.

The driver (of the Mobil truck) was soaked in gas, ... He had tried to stop it.

The gas was pouring out of the truck like a roof drain in a storm.

There was no way to plug the leak. The driver tried, but he got soaked in gas and had to be treated in the ambulance.

All somebody had to do was throw a cigarette out and we have a disaster.

We tried to get foam on it as soon as we could. Any spark and that whole tanker could have blown.

When I looked at the tanker, I saw gas pouring out onto the highway. I said, 'Oh my God.' The traffic was driving right through the gasoline.

If anything, we did overkill.

The driver said someone cut him off or forced him to go to the right. He got too close and caught the corner of the equipment.