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Overturned truck covers Pennsylvania road in trash

By Ben Hooper   |   July 31, 2018 at 11:05 AM

July 31 (UPI) -- A truck crashed and overturned on a Pennsylvania road, causing much of its load of trash to spill out onto the roadway.

Police said the tractor trailer flipped onto its side about 2 p.m. Monday on Route 29 in Luzerne County, near Nanticoke.

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The truck's cargo, several hundred pounds of trash, spilled out onto the roadway when the vehicle overturned.

Investigators said it appeared the truck overturned when the driver took a curve at too high of a speed.

The mess was cleaned up and the road was reopened by 11 p.m.