Hinds County, MS: 18-wheeler carrying paper overturns on I-20 on Friday, July 17th 2015
Traffic was flowing on Interstate 20 West in Hinds County Friday morning, hours after an 18-wheeler crashed and flipped.The Mississippi Highway Patrol said the truck driver, who was hauling industrial-sized rolls of paper, lost control and ran off Interstate 20 West, just before the Edwards exit, around 3 a.m.MHP said the driver, Cyle Garland of Rossville, Georgia, fell asleep at the wheel and hit a vehicle that was parked on the side of the interstate. The semi-truck went off the road and overturned.Crews were working to clean the truck and the paper on the frontage road. The interstate was open to traffic.MHP said the driver had some cuts and bruises, but is OK.
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18-wheeler carrying paper overturns on I-20