Traffic Alert: Gas leak shuts down Winchester Rd.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Columbia Gas is working on a broken gas line in the Winchester Road – Patchen Wilkes Drive area.

According to workers with Columbia Gas, a contractor digging for waterlines hit a 4-inch gas line and ruptured it.  Currently the roadway is shutdown.  No one has been asked to evacuate because of the leak.