Annapolis, MD : Logging truck dumps load in Loch Lynn on Friday, March 31st 2017
The driver of a logging truck was reportedly uninjured Friday morning when the trailer overturned in Loch Lynn, spilling cargo into the yard of a nearby house.
The truck, owned by North Branch, LLC of Gormania, West Virginia, crashed on Paul Street around 11:15 a.m.
The Garrett County Sheriff's Department and Maryland State Police Commerical Vehicle Enforcement Division responded, as did the Oakland and Deer Park volunteer fire departments. A Potomac Edison crew disconnected power lines so the logs could be lifted onto another truck.
The State Highway Administration also responded.
It was the second accident involving a tractor-trailer in the county Friday morning.
A tractor-trailer hauling lumber traveled out of control and overturned onto the westbound shoulder of Interstate 68 near Friendsville just before daylight.
Maryland State Police at McHenry said the crash occurred in the area of the six-mile marker, but declined to release additional information.
First-responders were dispatched to the scene by the Garrett County 911 emergency center at about 6:15 a.m.
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Logging truck dumps load in Loch Lynn