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Traffic alert: Truck overturns, spills load, closes an entrance to Palmetto, FHP says

A yellow dump truck is on its side, spilling sand and gravel, after it overturned on the entrance ramp to the Palmetto Expressway Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.
A yellow dump truck is on its side, spilling sand and gravel, after it overturned on the entrance ramp to the Palmetto Expressway Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

An entrance to the Palmetto Expressway was closed Friday morning after a dump truck overturned, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The truck was traveling on the northbound ramp to State Road 826 from westbound 836 when the driver lost control.

The truck’s load of sand and gravel spilled onto the roadway, said Lt. Alex Camacho of the FHP.

He said minor injuries were reported.

This report will be updated as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published August 18, 2023 at 9:50 AM.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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