ST. GEORGE — The black tarmac of Indian Hills Drive next to the sixth hole of the Southgate Golf Club took on a white sheen after police said 25 buckets containing five gallons of paint each fell off a flatbed truck and spilled onto the roadway Wednesday afternoon.
The clean-up operations kept Indian Hills Drive between Auto Mall Drive and Gubler Lane closed to traffic for between 45 minutes to an hour as St. George city crews worked to clean as much of the nearly 125 gallons of white paint that was spilled across the road at around 2:30 p.m.
“We don’t believe that anyone drove through it before it got shut down,” St. George Police offficer Tiffany Mitchell said. “A truck with a flatbed was hauling a whole bunch of five-gallon paint buckers and 25 of them fell off and spilled on the roadway.”
A police vehicle parked at the entry to Indian Hills from Auto Mall Drive blocked access for some residents.
With the closure of the Auto Mall Drive corner, the nearest entry to Indian Hills Drive was two miles to the north at Valley View Drive.
The driver of the truck didn’t get off gloss-free. Mitchell said they were cited for an unsecured load.
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Indian Hills Drive in the Tonaquint area covered by paint spilled from a truck, St. George, Utah, Oct. 5, 2022 | Photo by Chris Reed, St. George News Indian Hills Drive in the Tonaquint area covered by paint spilled from a truck, St. George, Utah, Oct. 5, 2022 | Photo by Chris Reed, St. George News Indian Hills Drive in the Tonaquint area covered by paint spilled from a truck, St. George, Utah, Oct. 5, 2022 | Photo by Chris Reed, St. George News St. George Police blocked off the entry to Indian Hills Drive from Auto Mall Drive after paint spilled from a truck, St. George, Utah, Oct. 5, 2022 | Photo by Chris Reed, St. George News
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