MILLBROOK – Some 3,000 gallons of gasoline spilled when a tractor-trailer tank truck overturned on Route 82 in Dutchess County Thursday morning. Because of the volatile nature of the gas, residents in a half mile radius of the scene were evacuated.

The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said the driver took evasive action when a vehicle coming the other way crossed into his lane.  The driver sustained minor injuries

The tanker was carrying different petroleum products, but a state Environmental Conservation Department spokeswoman said only gasoline spilled with some running into a storm drain that fed into Sprout Creek. That resulted in a fish kill downstream, she said.