POLK TOWNSHIP – Route 209 was shut down for five hours, through the afternoon rush hour, Tuesday afternoon, after messy spill of partially treated sewage. 

The mess happened when a tractor-trailer stopped suddenly to avoid hitting a car waiting to make a left turn.  About 100 gallons of the sewage surged out of the open trailer.

Rt 209 was shut down between HTY Road and Burger Hollow Road.  Cleanup crews were called in.  The road reopened about 7 p.m..

The waste came from outside Pennsylvania.  The truck, carrying what was left of the sewage, eventually headed on to Ohio.