UPDATE 5:25 p.m. — As of 5:10 p.m. the 101 is open again, with one-way traffic control at the site of the accident. Expect delays through tomorrow, including one-way traffic control while a pavement repair is done.

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UPDATE 2:05 p.m. — The California Highway Patrol has released the name of the truck driver who overturned his tanker truck this morning, closing U.S. Route 101 north of Leggett, and spilling gasoline onto the road, and potentially into creeks. According to authorities Archie Campbell, 62 of Willits, was driving north on the 101 when he lost control of his tanker and crashed into Jitney Gulch Bridge. His tanker overturned and began to spill gasoline into the road.

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Kate Maxwell is the publisher and a founder of The Mendocino Voice. She lives inland but goes to the ocean as much as possible.