TRACTOR TRAILER ACCIDENT Tractor Trailer Accident on I-77 near Exit 74
Reported by: Michelle Carroll
Web Producer: Michelle Carroll
Also Contributing: Chris Swope
Reported: May. 18, 2012 1:40 AM EDT
Updated: May. 18, 2012 2:17 PM EDT
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Kanawha County
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
One lane of I-77 south has reopened.
It was shut down due to a tractor trailer accident that happened early Friday morning.
No word on how long the other lane will be closed this morning.
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Both southbound lanes will be shut down for several hours while crews clean up the tractor trailer accident on I-77 near the Paint Creek exit.
Traffic is being diverted off the exit.
All northbound lanes have been reopened.
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A tractor trailer accident has one lane on I-77 in both directions closed near Exit 74, Paint Creek Road.
Troopers tell our crew on the scene a tractor trailer hauling paper bags overturned near the 74 mile marker southbound.
A UPS truck could not stop in time and collided with the overturned truck. The accident is blocking one lane southbound.
One northbound lane is also closed at the accident site.
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Michelle Carroll
