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Overturned logging truck blocks Highway 202

Story Highlights:
None injured in Fall City truck accident
Accident blocked Highway 202 for 3 hours

Date: January 4, 2011, 1/4/2011
Location: Fall City, King County, Washington
Type: Semi-truck accident
Outcome: None injured

No one was injured when a logging truck overturned on Highway 202 near Fall City around 9am Tuesday morning. The truck was stacked high with logs when it flipped over. State Patrol believe that it flipped due to a combination of defective equipment and traveling too fast for conditions. The road was closed for three hours while the wreckage was cleared and the logs were moved to another truck. A full inspection of the truck will be conducted.

Washington State Truck Crash Statistics for 2009

• 1,131 Large Trucks Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes
• 107 Large Trucks Involved in Injury Crashes
• 126 Injuries in Crashes Involving Large Trucks a
• 1,024 Large Trucks Involved in Towaway Crashes
• 29 Large Trucks Involved in Hazmat (HM) Placard Crashes

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