All clear given after car crash breaks gas line

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SOUTH POINT, Ohio (WSAZ) — UPDATE 3/29/20 @ 9:45 a.m.

An “all clear” has been given after some neighbors were told to leave their homes early Sunday.

Crews spent several hours responding to a car crash on the 1900 block of County Road 144/Charley Creek Road in South Point where a gas line was ruptured.

As a precaution, some neighbors left their homes until the gas line was shut off.

Officials with the Fayette Township Fire District say it was a 2-inch gas line that was broken from the crash.

The scene was cleared just after 4 a.m. Sunday.

There’s no word on any injuries from the crash.

ORIGINAL STORY 3/29/20 @ 1:29 a.m.

Neighbors in one South Point area neighborhood are being told to leave their homes after a car crash ruptured a gas line.

It happened just after midnight Sunday on the 1900 block of County Road 144/Charley Creek Road.

Officials with the Fayette Township Fire District say the evacuation is just a precaution.

The road is shutdown while crews respond.

There’s no word on any injuries at this time.

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