PITTSBURGH -- Numerous drivers found themselves in a sticky situation Tuesday night when a tar-like substance leaked on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, damaging countless vehicles and snarling traffic for a nearly 40-mile stretch.



Pennsylvania Turnpike spokesman Bill Capone said a tanker carrying driveway sealant began leaking around New Castle and continued to spill the fluid for 39 miles until it exited the turnpike at an Oakmont service plaza.



Capone said the driver did not realize the truck was leaking until he got out at the plaza.



Traffic was obstructed in the eastbound lanes of the turnpike between the New Castle and Allegheny Valley exits (mileposts 10.7-47.7), according to an alert on the Pennsylvania Turnpike's website .



"Initially, they were literally trying to plow this material off the roadway, and they did that to a point, but most recently they've moved to just putting down sand," said Capone. "This stuff will eventually dry. Now, that doesn't help all the people that got some of this material on their cars, and we know there are many of those. We've gotten a lot of reports of drivers being disabled along the turnpike."



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