VINTA, Okla. — A semi truck overturned on Interstate 44 inside the Will Rogers Turnpike near mile marker 289 near Vinta.
Oklahoma authorities said “Amazingly, this was not an injury crash today.”
Police say the driver af the semi truck fell alseep and overturned which greatly impacted traffic on the highway.
When the driver fell asleep, he crashed into the center barrier, went through it, and rolled over into the westbound lanes at MM 289 on the Will Rogers Turnpike.
The driver was hauling 40,000 pounds of strawberries.
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