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WAYNESBORO, VA – A semi trailer truck overturned Saturday, July 24, on a highway in Augusta County, Virginia. The truck accident occurred just north of the Blue Ridge Mountains at the juncture of Interstate 64 and Virginia State Route 340 near the city of Waynesboro. The accident area is in the central west section of the state about 62 miles north of Lynchburg, VA and about 140 miles southwest of Washington, DC.

On Saturday morning truck driver Edgar Morales was driving a semi trailer truck south on Interstate 64 in Augusta County, VA. The semi was hauling a full load of building lumber in the trailer of the truck. It is not known where Mr. Morales was headed or the trucking company that owns the tractor trailer.

As Mr. Morales traveled through the area near Waynesboro, VA where the interstate junctures with Virginia State Route 340 he moved into the exit lanes of I-64 and attempted to leave the highway. As he was coming down the exit ramp he saw a stop sign at the end of the ramp and realized that he would be unable to stop his 18 wheeler rig in time to avoid a collision.

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The truck driver pulled the semi trailer truck into the southbound lanes of Virginia State Route 340. The sudden change in direction along with the speed of the semi apparently shifted the weight of the load of lumber or in some way threw the trailer truck off- balance. The rig tipped to its side and then the semi trailer truck overturned, landing across the southbound lanes of State Route 340.

No other persons or vehicles were involved in the truck accident.

Local emergency personnel form Augusta County and the city of Waynesboro responded to the scene of the rollover truck accident. The truck driver, Mr. Morales, was able to climb out of the cab of his semi trailer and was apparently not injured when the truck flipped over on the highway.

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Police shut down a section of the southbound lanes of State Route 340 as well as the entrance ramp to I-64 while highway crews worked to clear the debris and other material from the interstate. A large wrecker was brought to the site of the truck accident so crews could get the disabled semi trailer truck back upright and off the highway’s traffic lanes. The area would be closed for about three hours while the lanes were cleared.

Authorities conducted a reconstruction of the truck accident and also inspected the semi trailer truck for any equipment or mechanical defects. It is possible that the truck driver may have been driving too fast on the exit ramp at the time of the truck accident, however at this time authorities have not released their report.

At this point in the truck investigation, the truck driver, Mr. Morales, has been charged with Driving with Defective Equipment and Failure to Maintain Proper Control of the Vehicle.

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