Traffic was delayed getting onto the Casco Bay Bridge at York Street in Portland on Tuesday afternoon when a pickup truck overturned on the span.

The bridge was closed to traffic headed to South Portland just after 3 p.m., according to tweets by the police department.

The crash had been cleared and the bridge was to reopen shortly, police tweeted at 4:20 p.m.

The crash occurred about 3 p.m. near the drawbridge section as a vehicle was traveling from Portland to South Portland.

One person was in the vehicle and did not suffer serious injuries. Firefighters were cleaning up a small gasoline leak, according to the tweets.


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