HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Officials say on August 17 at 11:34 a.m., Gibson County Central Dispatch received a 911 report of a Semi on its side on an off ramp of US 41 onto Interstate 64.
The Gibson County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) says Deputy U.B. Smith as well as multiple other officers were dispatched to the scene. Officials say upon arriving officers discovered a 2017 Mack Truck that was loaded on its side.
Law enforcement officials say Deputy U.B. Smith conducted an investigation and determined that the vehicle was attempting to take the off ramp off of US 41 North and onto Interstate 64 West at an unsafe speed when the load in the trailer shifted and caused the vehicle to tip onto it’s side.
ORIGINAL
An overturned semi near the Gibson County-Vanderburgh County line shut down a road on I-64 on Thursday.
Dispatch says the accident is near the 24 mile marker. The area is shut down from a northbound 41 ramp to westbound I-64. Gibson County is reportedly sending medics to the accident.
According to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, first responders have been sent to the scene of the rollover crash with minor injuries.
Traffic was reduced to one lane on the westbound side.
We’ll bring you more information as it becomes available.
