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Workers from the Nevada Department of Transportation repair metal barrier after a tractor-trailer crash on the ramps on northbound Interstate 15 leading to northbound U.S. Highway 95 and the Martin Luther King Boulevard exit on Thursday, May 18, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizua Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
Ramps on northbound Interstate 15 in the Spaghetti Bowl are closed after a truck crash early Wednesday morning, June 18, 2015. (Courtesy/RTC FAST Cameras)
Workers from the Nevada Department of Transportation clean up diesel fuel that spilled after a tractor-trailer crash on the ramps on northbound Interstate 15 leading to northbound U.S. Highway 95 and the Martin Luther King Boulevard exit on Thursday, May 18, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizua Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
Workers from the Nevada Department of Transportation repair metal barrier after a tractor-trailer crash on the ramps on northbound Interstate 15 leading to northbound U.S. Highway 95 and the Martin Luther King Boulevard exit on Thursday, May 18, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizua Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
Workers from the Nevada Department of Transportation clean up diesel fuel that spilled after a tractor-trailer crash on the ramps on northbound Interstate 15 leading to northbound U.S. Highway 95 and the Martin Luther King Boulevard exit on Thursday, May 18, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizua Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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By RICARDO TORRES LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
June 18, 2015 - 9:44 am
 

The ramps from Interstate 15 to northbound U.S Highway 95 and the Martin Luther King Boulevard exit have reopened after a fuel leak caused by a Wednesday tractor-trailer crash shut them for several hours, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

The trailer spilled about 250 gallons of diesel fuel and the full cleanup lasted until about 9:30 a.m, NHP said.

The crash happened about 3:15 a.m. when the truck driver was trying to switch lanes from the exit ramp to Martin Luther King to the northbound U.S. 95 onramp, NHP trooper Loy Hixson said.

The ramps were shut down about 5 a.m., according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.

Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites.

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