BIG RIG FLIPPED ON 19 SOUTH THURSDAY

UPSON  COUNTY  SHERIFF   DAN  KILGORE  SAID   THE  TWO SOUTH-BOUND  LANES  OF   19  SOUTH  WERE  BLOCKED  FOR  SEVERAL  HOURS  THURSDAY  AFTER  A  BIG  RIG  HAULING  SOLAR  PANELS  FLIPPED  OVER  ON  ITS  SIDE.

THE  ACCIDENT  HAPPENED  AROUND  NOON  NEAR  MAULDLIN  ROAD— WHEN  IT  WENT  OUT   OF  CONTROL IN  A  CURVE--BUT  THE  DRIVER  SUSTAINED  ONLY  MINOR  INJURIES.

TRAFFIC  WAS  DETOURED  ONTO   INDIAN    TRAIL   --THE  OLD  SEGMENT  OF   19.

SOLAR  PANELS  SPILLED  ON  THE  ROADWAY  WHEN  IT  WAS  UP-RIGHTED.

UPSON  S.O.,   GA.  DOT  AND  GA.  STATE  PATROL  RESPONDED—THE  GSP  IS  INVESTIGATING.