From Staff ReportsCumberland Times-News
— OAKLAND — The Garrett County Commissioners received a $20,343 insurance settlement from the National Interstate Insurance company for costs incurred to the county as a result of the tanker truck accident on April 16.
A tanker full of 10,000 gallons of liquid propane overturned in the heart of the Oakland business district and traffic had to be detoured for Routes 219 and 135 to Sand Flat Road. The Garrett County Roads Department will receive $13,672.
The incident prompted transfer of 45 inmates of the Garrett County Detention Center to the Allegany County Detention Center where they remained incarcerated overnight prior to being returned to Garrett County. The inmates were evacuated to the Southern Garrett Rescue Squad building prior to being taken to the Allegany County jail in Cresaptown.
The Garrett County Sheriff’s Office will receive $6,671, of which $2,214 will go toward detention center overtime, $1,062 for 911 center overtime, $1,935 for Allegany County, $744for transporting the inmates, $423 for food for the inmates and for the command post and $290 for sheriff’s office overtime costs.
“There was also a lot of overtime involved for the various agencies involved and hundreds of people involved in the emergency response,” said Monty Pagenhardt, county administrator, in a previous interview.
Garrett County’s 911 calls were handled by Allegany County during the incident.
