---
title: "Summer Ends Early After Sewage Truck Crashes Into Backyard Pool in Pennsylvania"
description: "T.S. Eliot once wrote that April is the cruelest month, but we're guessing that one Pennsylvania family will cast their vote for August after a sewage tanker truck crashed through their backyard and emptied its contents into their lovely in-ground swimming pool this week. Sorry, kids: summer's over."
date: "2018-08-10"
modified: "2018-08-10"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/22793/summer-ends-early-after-sewage-truck-crashes-into-backyard-pool-in-pennsylvania"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "Crash"
  - "Poop Truck"
  - "Summer"
  - "Tanker"
---

# Summer Ends Early After Sewage Truck Crashes Into Backyard Pool in Pennsylvania

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T.S. Eliot once wrote that April is the cruelest month, but we're guessing that one Pennsylvania family will cast their vote for August after a sewage [tanker truck](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/12470/eel-coated-oregon-highway-crash-looks-like-a-scene-from-ghostbusters>) crashed through their backyard and emptied its contents into their lovely in-ground swimming pool this week. Sorry, kids: summer's over.

[*WGAL News* reports](<https://www.wgal.com/article/septic-tanker-crashes-into-swimming-pool-spills-sewage/22689884>) this unintentional metaphor for the back-to-school season was created on Thursday afternoon when the driver of the [septic truck](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/4784/watch-this-poop-truck-explode-in-the-middle-of-moscow>) lost control and left the road on a sharp turn in Conestoga, a small township the southern part of the state. After smashing through the family's fence, the truck rolled down a small embankment and plunged directly into their pool, landing upside down and unleashing the contents of its nearly full tank on impact.

https://youtube.com/embed/PMhVXMgpWBo

Fortunately, no one was in the pool at the time and the driver managed to escape without injury. The same cannot be said for the pool, which...just look at it. What was once a sparkling blue oasis—see the Google Street View from happier times below—is now a noxious sludge pit full of diesel fuel, engine oil, and a whole lot of excrement. When asked to describe the smell [by the *Associated Press,*](<https://apnews.com/9db518691dd84f568e3b66e9a5e1c26d>) the local fire chief said to "use your imagination."

![message-editor%2F1533926006147-poolhouse.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533926006147-poolhouse.jpg>)
**Google Maps**

According to *WGAL*, the homeowner works the third shift and was inside the house sleeping (dreaming about his beautiful pool, perhaps?) when the sounds of the crash woke him up, but he brushed it off as thunder and went back to bed. It wasn't until he woke up later that he realized just what happened. Officials had to call in a Hazmat team to drain the pool before using a crane to lift the tanker from its toxic grave, and it's clear that entire yard is basically ruined.

It's currently in the mid-80s and humid in Conestoga, perfect weather for a swim, but summer seems to have come to an end at the corner of Stehman and Slackwater Roads. The unlucky homeowner also [told *WGAL*](<https://www.wgal.com/article/septic-tanker-crashes-into-swimming-pool-spills-sewage/22689884>) that he usually hosts a large Labor Day party every year, and that he's now trying to figure out a new plan.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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