A tractor-trailer crash shut down one lane of a busy Schuylkill County road for a while on Monday.

State police at Frackville said Christopher Z. Glover, 37, of Waterford, Erie County, was operating a Peterbilt truck with trailer northbound on Route 61 in New Castle Township at 3:14 p.m. when the trailer portion struck a guide rail along the east berm.The trailer knocked down the guide rail and traveled down an embankment. The tractor portion came to rest on the guide rail. The trailer was carrying aluminum shavings, which spilled out of the trailer.A Department of Environmental Resources official was called to the scene.The right lane was shut down until 8:30 p.m. and the area was cleared. The tractor, however, remained on the side of the road.Glover was not injured.