Fire and Penn Township municipal crews faced an extensive cleanup operation after a Friday morning crash involving a farm vehicle designed to spread liquid manure spilled an unknown amount of the manure.

Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said a tractor towing the farm vehicle, which also transports liquid manure, lost control and the rig overturned in the 100 block of West Sunhill Road in Penn Township at 10:23 a.m.

The crash also closed the road for some amount of time, police said.

The combination rig was driven by 19-year-old Nathan L. Stoner of Manheim, and was owned by Ebersole Spreading LLC, of Manheim.

Stoner told police he was carrying 6,000 gallons of cargo at the time of the crash.

Police said Stoner lost control of the vehicle and struck a utility pole, causing the rig to partially overturn. Penn Township Public Works Department and the Manheim Area Water and Sewage Authority assisted the Penryn Fire Department in the cleanup.

Estimates of the cost of cleanup or damages were not immediately available. Police said the investigation is continuing. Anyone with further information is requested to co0ntact officer Curt Ochs at 717-733-0965 or via the NLCRPD agency web site at www.nlcrpd.org.