An estimated 9,842 litres of diesel being transported by a Dawson company spilled Saturday on the Taylor Highway.

A report by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) states the spill happened around 11 a.m. Saturday when a McCully Contracting Ltd. tanker truck that was pulling a second tanker went off the road and ruptured one of the tanks.

McCully was hauling heating fuel for MacKenzie Petroleum.

The driver was described by the Alaska State Troopers as suffering minor injuries, the situation report states.

The accident occurred at Mile Post 32 on the highway, with the spill in a right-of-way on land owned by Alaska.

The diesel ran down the road ditch, which had vegetation, with no waterways or wetlands impacted, the report reads.

Weather at the time of the accident was described as overcast with calm winds and occasional thundershowers.

Alaska State Troopers in Tok were on the scene and reported the incident to state troopers in Fairbanks at 11:50 a.m. State Troopers in Fairbanks then contacted the department of environmental conservation.

The troopers remained on the scene, directing traffic around a small portion of the tanker that was sticking out on the road, Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said this morning. They closed the road for about a half hour when crews were getting the truck back up.

McCully Contracting sent a vacuum truck to help with the spill clean up.

'All of the spilled fuel flowed into the ground, and the vacuum truck could not recover any pooled diesel fuel,' it's noted in the July 30 report.

The vacuum truck also removed the remaining fuel in the tanker.

One environmental conservation responder was also on-scene and assisted with the clean up.

McCully is set to hire a contractor to excavate the contaminated soil, with the most heavily contaminated soil to be hauled away for thermal remediation.

'McCully Contracting is considering other methods of disposal for the remaining contaminated soil and will submit plans to ADEC for review and approval,' it's noted.