* UPDATE WITH PHOTOS * - TRUCK TRAILER OVERTURNS, SPILLING MILK
Posted: October 13th, 2011 10:06 PM
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2011-10/1294/48499/IMG_0798.JPG (Crash Scene)
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2011-10/1294/48499/IMG_0799.JPG (Trailer Undercarriage)
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2011-10/1294/48499/IMG_0802.JPG (Overturned Trailer)
At about 11:17am, Marion County Deputy Aaron West and Reserve Deputy Jason Remmy came upon a single vehicle truck crash on Jefferson- Marion Rd just south of D Street in Marion.
They discovered a 2010 Freightliner,18-wheeler stopped in the roadway. The rear trailer had separated from the tractor and was overturned in the ditch on the side of the road. The trailer contained milk that was spilling into the ditch. The truck was owned by LTI, Inc. from Lynden, WA.
The driver was identified as Gary Schneider, 58, of Salem. He told deputy West that he was traveling southbound on the Jefferson-Marion Road when he got distracted reaching for his lunch bag. The rear trailer left the roadway and rolled over several times.
There were no other vehicles involved in the crash and no one was injured. The milk posed no hazard. The roadway was closed several hours to allow for clean up and removal of the trailer. There is no estimate on the amount of milk that was spilled.
Mr. Schneider was cited for Failing to Drive Within Lane.
No photos available this time.
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