A semi-truck hauling a trailer with three loaded TRUPACT-II containers went off Interstate 25 just north of Las Vegas, N.M., around 5 p.m. Tuesday, but there was no damage to the truck, trailer or containers and nothing spilled, the Carlsbad Current-Argus reported.

No other vehicles were involved in what State Police described as a "transportation incident," the Current-Argus said.

There were no apparent injuries to the driver on duty or the second driver who was in the sleeper unit, but one of the drivers was taken to a medical facility for observation, according to the paper.

Casey Gadbury, director of the National Tru Program at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant east of Carlsbad, told the Current-Argus that the semi tractor, trailer and containers were pulled back onto I-25, but the State Police were continuing their investigation into what caused the incident.

Once the investigation is completed, two replacement drivers will continue the journey to WIPP, Gadbury told the paper.

The waste shipment was coming from a facility in Indiana, the Current-Argus reported. 

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