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Overturned Log Truck, Spilled Logs Close Highway 97 For Hours; One Injured
December 23, 2019
An overturned log truck shut down Highway 97 for about five hours south of Walnut Hill Monday morning.
The driver lost control in a curve about 1.5 miles south of Tungoil Road and overturned. The truck slid on its side for about 100 yards, destroyed the end of a guardrail before coming to rest against a guardrail on the opposite side of the road. Logs were spilled across a long section of the roadway.
The driver was transported by Escambia County EMS to West Florida Hospital.
The crash happened about 9:20 a.m., and the road remained completely blocked and closed until about 2:10 p.m.
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15 Responses to “Overturned Log Truck, Spilled Logs Close Highway 97 For Hours; One Injured”
@Tree trucker I agree with you. Everyone on the highway 29 north and south and hwy 97 the idiots don’t bother going at least 5 over which makes the speed 60 on them highways everyone is running you over. I wish everyone would chill and just enjoy the scenery and not run everyone off the highways
Hahahaha. Well I’m surely laughing at these comments.. these are a joke.. yall sure know it all.. some of you are mechanic for a reason.. anything could’ve went wrong.. but hey let’s run our mouths.. let’s shut these trucks down to 55.. but hey.. let’s not look at the cars and pickups doing 90 down that road.. it’s all the log trucks fault.. they go to fast.. it’s a heavy load.. etc… blag blah blah.. ya know if you dont know what you talking about.. it’s best to keep your mouth shut.. but that dont stop these arm chair laptop phone beating fools from beating those fingers on the keyboard
Some of the comments on here about log trucks is absolutely hilarious!! And to the so called “master mechanic” tuning the computer in trucks is not illegal and definitely does not void the warranty lol. Every time I buy a new truck I have the dealer turn the power up and take the governor off! And yes I haul logs around here so watch out the bad guy is here!!
in wv they were overloading their coal trucks with the same results as the tree trucks. so they gave them bigger trucks and increased their load to suit the trucks, but now they overload the new trucks the more you haul the bigger the paycheck.
Its Christmas, not judging and glad man was ok and did not get killed or hurt
Thank god no one was near that truck when it lost control.someone would be sad at christmas.thank you god no school bus was around.i drive 55 to 58 on that road an not only do big trucks push you its cars an pickups to.they pass you on yellow lines an on those hills.i pray everyday on that road I make it home. You gona get to heaven or hell soon enough so slow down an think of your family will you flying down that road.
pressure to haul as many loads a day to feed youre family is paramount then you have theses results. some folks have it as easy as selling a few pairs of shoes or such to make ends meet. some dont
Appears to be speed ,Who set the governor UP on the diesel engine in the truck ???? Factory Governed Hi side on fuel pump is approx. 1950 RPM’s faster they go ,the more loads they make daily.Adjusting anything on the engine is Against CFR Regulations & it also voids the manufacture’s warranty.
Yes thank God no School Bus w/kids was around,By The Way I’ve had trucks pass me way over the Posted speed limit
Please slow down Sheriff dept needs to work 97 and hwy 29. Between log trucks and sand and dirt haulers running wide open I witnessed a semi passing a stopped school bus luck enough bus driver was paying attention kept the children on the bus .
Trees are down!
Hmmm, I wonder if SPEEDING, DISTRACTED DRIVING, or TOO HEAVY OF A LOAD played a factor in this? Ooohhhh, the plot thickens. What if it were a combination of ALL THREE?!?
How many wrecks and people killed by these log trucks before someone does something!!?? I guess a Firefight wasn’t enough, maybe a bus full of kids??!!!
These log truck drivers drive like maniacs.Speed definitely played a factor.
those log trucks are always haulin’butt
Slow down Bro!