Natural gas leak leads to traffic detour

A natural gas line was punctured Wednesday at Reilly Construction at 1468 Highway 52 in Ossian.  The Winneshiek county Sheriff's Department, Iowa State Patrol and Calmar/Ossian police responded to the incident to handle traffic control.

Black Hills Energy crews arrived and located the gas line in a nearby ditch.  They crimped the gas line and stopped the leak.  Traffic on Highway 52 was reopened.

The foreman of a three man crew from All Star Fence of Ankeny, Bob Rogers, told police his crew was using a skid loader with a post hole attachment and struck the natural gas line.