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Gravel truck rolls over

Staff photo by Terri Richardson   Arkansas Highway Police officer David Stovall inspects a 1993 Freightliner that rolled over about 3:15 p.m. on the Genoa Road overpass. Jimmy Martin, 30, of Ashdown, Ark., was hauling gravel when the accident occurred. The Freightliner was the only vehicle involved, and Martin was not injured.

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A gravel hauler rolled over about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday on the Genoa Road—Loop 245 overpass, spilling pebbles and diesel fuel.

The driver, Jimmy Martin, 30, of Ashdown, Ark., was not injured in the accident. He was hauling a load of gravel for TTC, a trucking company out of Wilton, Ark., Martin said.

“I thought a wheel come off. I didn’t know what happened,” said Martin. “I’m really shook up.”

Between 30 and 50 gallons of fuel spilled following the rollover—some of which flowed into a nearby drain and onto soil on the north side of the road, said Dave Hall, e...
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