• U-turn causes tanker to flip outside Teague
    The collision between a box truck and a tractor-trailer right sent the box truck driver to an area hospital. He was issued a citation for turning on a curve or crest of grade and backing a vehicle on a highway. Photo by The Teague Chronicle

U-turn causes tanker to flip outside Teague

A fuel tanker rolled over as a result of a crash about 4 p.m. Friday, April 10, and shut down Highway 84, west of Teague.

A box truck traveling east stopped and attempted a U-turn at the top of a hill near FM 1366. A tractor-trailer traveling east collided with the box truck as it was attempting to reverse. During the crash the tractor-trailer overturned. The driver of the box truck was transported to Parkview Regional Hospital. No other injuries were reported.

 

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