Semi-trailer crashes, loses packages on Interstate 10 in West Valley
Nov 16, 2020, 6:01 AM | Updated: 12:55 pm
(Screenshot/ADOT Webcam)
(Screenshot/ADOT Webcam)
PHOENIX – A semi-trailer went off the road and hit a wall late Sunday, cracking nearly in half and shutting down a ramp on Interstate 10 in metro Phoenix.
The hit-and-run accident closed westbound lanes at the Bullard Avenue entrance in Goodyear for over 12 hours.
A spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said in an email to KTAR News 92.3 FM on Monday that witnesses told investigators a Honda sedan cut in front of a FedEx truck to get off the freeway around 11:45 p.m.
The delivery truck jackknifed and rolled down an embankment, where it smashed into a sign pole and a wall.
Packages spilled out of the trailer as it split open, ABC15 reported. Other debris also landed on the freeway.
The truck driver was taken to a hospital suffering from injuries that weren’t life-threatening.
The ramp reopened around 12:40 p.m.
No other details were immediately available.
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