Orlando, FL : Tractor-trailer overturned and rolled over the guardrail Thursday morning,August 13th 2015
There seemed to be no escape from Thursday's traffic jam in metro Orlando.Some eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 were shut down for more than eight hours at Ivanhoe Boulevard after a tractor-trailer overturned and rolled over the guardrail Thursday morning, creating a traffic nightmare for drivers in Orlando.
Commuters who tried to escape the I-4 mess by using other roads near the highway complained of traffic standstills.
That translated into slowdowns on major thoroughfares like State Road 408 and side roads anywhere near I-4 and S.R. 408 in the downtown area, including ones through neighborhoods.
I got off [the 408] at Mills Avenue to make my way back [to I-4] and every single side artery was backed up forever," said driver Lee Goldberg, a realtor at the Winter Garden-based GCI Guys. "I just find it without fathom that they wouldn't have people there manually operating the lights. It's actually embarrassing."
Another commuter, Madison Keizer, snapped a photo of the eastbound gridlock on I-4 as she drove west on the highway.
I was just glad to not be in it," Keizer said.
Orlando police said the tractor-trailer overturned on I-4 east at 2:30 a.m. All lanes were open roughly 9 hours later.
The crash involved another vehicle, which was found several miles away on I-4.
When officers arrived, they found that the tractor-trailer had overturned and rolled over the guardrail onto its driver's side in the grass.
"The driver of the tractor trailer was able to free himself from the vehicle," police Lt. Miguel Garcia said.
The driver was hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Traffic nightmare unfolded on I-4 after tractor-trailer crashed