Semi truck overturns and catches fire on US 31 near Pushfield Road, Johnson County IN

Traffic

Reported: 11/4/2025 05:09 AM

US-31, Indiana

A serious traffic accident happened on US 31 near Pushfield Road involving a semi-truck and a passenger car. The semi-truck overturned and its tanker caught fire, leaking fuel. A hazmat team was called and the road was closed in both directions due to the fire and fuel leak. Emergency services responded to the scene.

Audio|Source: Johnson County Fire & EMS

02:18

Transcript:

00:00

Accident, engineer 93, Middick 93, U.S.

00:02

31, Pushfield Road, vehicle accidents, I'll find Fireground 12.

00:05

Like 293, repeat, new max please.

00:13

U.S. 31 and pushed over.

00:18

93 is clear in the route.

00:21

293 in row.

00:22

293 in row.

00:25

0713.

00:30

Do you have any further reports of this being a tanker?

00:40

College of life the semi-versus a passenger car, fuels linking for both vehicles, possible in traffic that's unknown at this time.

00:50

Can you start me a hazmat team,

00:54

hazmat response, as well as a rotator from Kranz?

01:02

Correct.

01:08

Control 193.

01:11

Is your negative 3?

01:16

As I'm seeing, we do have an inverted tanker.

01:20

We have fire showing from the front tanker of the tandem.

01:26

We'll advise on entrapment.

01:29

Please mark this a working incident in January 3 will be out investigating.

01:36

203 on Steam at 0.715, the burning taker fire from the front taker change,

01:43

also engine 94 and has been 94 on wrap.

01:49

I'm clear on the markwork.

01:54

The United States A.J.J.O. Steam command.

01:58

193 is submitting community 3027.

02:05

You advise PD of this, we need to get U.S.

02:08

31, shut down both north and south directions, please.

02:13

PD's in the route along with engine 91, ladder 91, medic Q, squad 93, battalion 9.

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