Several hundred gallons of spilled diesel fuel closed Ky. 100 in Allen County for about seven hours Thursday, according to a news release from Kentucky State Police.

A tractor-trailer cargo tank owned by Key Fuel/Service Transport left the right shoulder of the road near the four-mile point, according to the release. The truck continued through a fence, hit a utility pole and overturned multiple times. Police responded at about 5:30 a.m.

The driver, John McGraw of Spring Hill, Tenn., who not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle, the release stated. He was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville with head and chest injuries.

A spokeswoman from Vanderbilt did not return a telephone call seeking his condition by press time.

The Environmental Protection Agency and Environmental Services responded to the spill. The investigation of the spill continues, and inattention and speed appear to be contributing factors, according to the release.

Injury collision — An Alvaton man and a Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputy were injured Thursday in an accident at the intersection of Veterans Memorial Drive and Morgantown Road.

State police responded to the crash at 3:40 p.m. involving sheriff’s Capt. Anthony Chism, 43, of Bowling Green, and William Bunch, 47, of Alvaton.

Chism was in an unmarked 2002 Chevrolet police car waiting at a traffic light when the cruiser was struck by the 2006 Chevrolet pickup truck Bunch was driving, according to a KSP news release. Chism and Bunch were taken to The Medical Center.

A spokeswoman at the sheriff’s office said Chism was treated and released. She did not know Bunch’s condition.

The investigation conditions.

Scooter theft — A Bowling Green man reported that his black Gorilla Motor Works 50cc scooter was stolen Monday from the 900 block of Shive Lane, according to a Bowling Green Police Department report.

The man told police he was visiting a friend at Countryside Village Mobile Home Park on Tuesday evening and parked his scooter outside the residence, then took the keys inside with him. The man was inside the residence for about 20 minutes and the scooter was gone when he went back outside, according to the report.

The scooter is valued at $1,000, has about 150 miles on it and has a Gorilla sticker on the front near the headlight.

Theft from car — A Bowling Green man reported to city police Aug. 23 that his car trunk had been broken into and several items stolen, according to a city police report.

The man told police he was at a business in the 5000 block of Scottsville Road and left his passenger in the vehicle while he went inside. The passenger later also went inside the store and did not lock the vehicle, the report stated.

The man said he “got a strange feeling” and looked out the to see a man going through his trunk. Two females were standing nearby and appeared to be on the lookout, the man said.

When he ran outside to confront them, the man ran and got into a green van with another female, while the two women got into a Mitsubishi Eclipse.

The man told police the group had stolen a watch, six rings, a clipper set, shoes and clothing from the trunk. Altogether, the items are valued at $1,173.