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Trailer unit flips onto side south of Vernon

Truck hauling gravel ends up on side in ditch; traffic reduced to one-lane southbound at that section of Highway 97.
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Investigators look over a semi trailer unit hauling gravel that ended up on its side in the ditch on Highway 97 south just past the Kekuli Bay turnoff Monday afternoon.

Traffic was reduced to one-lane southbound on Highway 97 just past the Kekuli Bay turnoff south of Vernon Monday after a southbound trailer unit flipped onto its side and into the ditch.

The truck was hauling gravel.

No word on any injuries or what caused the truck to go into the ditch,

Investigators were still on-scene as of 4 p.m.

 



Roger Knox

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