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Semi-truck overturns on Kentucky highway spilling thousands of beer cans

Semi-truck overturns on Kentucky highway spilling thousands of beer cans
SUZANNE. HOW THINGS ARE MOVING OUT THERE. WE HAVE A BIG TIME SPOT IN A TRAFFIC TIE UP FOR, UNFORTUNATELY. MATT, LET’S GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU FROM A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR WLKY CHOPPER HD. WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT HERE IS OVERTURNED SEMI AND OF THOSE BLUE BOXES THAT YOU’RE LOOKING HERE, THOSE ARE CARTONS OF BEER OUT. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TON BEER THAT IS OVER HERE. THIS IS SOUTHBOUND 71 RIGHT AT THE JEAN SNYDER RAMP. RAMP IS COMPLETELY BLOCKED, BUT YOU CAN SEE CASES OF BEER THAT ARE NOW SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE REGION. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG TIME CLEANUP FOR US WITH THAT OVERTURNED TURN. SO OBVIOUSLY, EMERGENCY CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE THERE. BUT THIS IS RIGHT AT THE RAMP SOUTHBOUND ON 71 TO GET ONTO THE JEAN SNYDER. SO WATCH FOR SOME DELAYS. OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE A BIG CLEANUP. YOU CAN SEE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THERE PERHAPS DOING MECHANICAL WORK THERE. THEY’RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO RIGHT UP THAT SEMI TOW IT OUT AND THEN THEY’RE ALSO COURSE GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAN UP ALL OF THOSE CASES OF BEER THAT HAVE ALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE HIGHWAY AND INTO THE GRASSY AREA AS. WELL, AS OUR WLKY CHOPPER GIVES US KIND OF A WIDER PERSPECTIVE HERE, YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE A TON OF EMERGENCY THAT ARE ON THE SCENE HERE. OBVIOUSLY WORKING ON PERHAPS A MECHANICAL ISSUE BEFORE THEY’RE ABLE TO TOW THAT VEHICLE OUT. BUT THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE US SOME PROBLEMS AND A TRAFFIC TIE UP AGAIN, THAT SOUTHBOUND ONE ONTO THE JEAN. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT HAS DONE TO TRAFFIC ALREADY CAUSING SOME BACKUPS. HOPEFULLY ARE ABLE TO SEE IT WITH ENOUGH TIME THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AND PERHAPS JUST PASS UP THAT EXIT AND THEN TURN AROUND. SO BOTTOM LINE, SOUTHBOUND 71 AT THE JEAN SNYDER BIG HEAD’S UP HERE. WE HAVE AN OVERTURNED SEMI HERE WHICH HAS SPILLED CASES OF BEER OUT ON TO PART OF THE ROAD AND OBVIOUSLY THE GRASSY AREA SO THAT IS GOIN
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Semi-truck overturns on Kentucky highway spilling thousands of beer cans
A semi-truck carrying beer crashed on an Interstate 71 ramp Wednesday morning, according to Louisville Metro Police.It happened around 8:50 a.m. as the truck was coming from the I-71 ramp onto the Gene Snyder Freeway when it overturned, spilling its entire cargo of Bud Light.Most of the beer ended up in the median between the Snyder and the ramp.LMPD reported that there were no injuries and that the driver got out on his own.You can see more aerial WLKY Chopper HD footage of the scene below:Thousands of cans of Bud Light could be seen along with several boxes intact after being dumped out over 30 feet away from the truck.Police said that there may be traffic delays as cleanup crews are out handling the scene.The right shoulder is blocked, according to TRIMARC.LMPD Eighth Division officers are maintaining a presence during the cleanup.

A semi-truck carrying beer crashed on an Interstate 71 ramp Wednesday morning, according to Louisville Metro Police.

It happened around 8:50 a.m. as the truck was coming from the I-71 ramp onto the Gene Snyder Freeway when it overturned, spilling its entire cargo of Bud Light.

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Most of the beer ended up in the median between the Snyder and the ramp.

LMPD reported that there were no injuries and that the driver got out on his own.

You can see more aerial WLKY Chopper HD footage of the scene below:

Thousands of cans of Bud Light could be seen along with several boxes intact after being dumped out over 30 feet away from the truck.

beer truck overturned on i-71
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beer truck overturned on i-71
Hearst Owned

Police said that there may be traffic delays as cleanup crews are out handling the scene.

The right shoulder is blocked, according to TRIMARC.

LMPD Eighth Division officers are maintaining a presence during the cleanup.