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A tractor-trailer turned over, pouring out thousands of pounds in newspapers onto the Dragon on Wednesday afternoon, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol was unsure when the road would reopen.
THP Trooper John Pedigo said William Horne, 44, Barnesville, Ga., was driving a tractor-trailer southbound between mile markers six and seven on the stretch of Calderwood Highway known as the Dragon at about 1:50 p.m. and was rounding a curve.
The Dragon is the 11.1-mile section of U.S. 129 from Tabcat Creek to Deals Gap at the Tennessee-North Carolina line. There are 318 curves on that stretch of road.
Pedigo said the driver “cut the curve too short,” causing the back trailer tandems to slide off the right side of the road.
The truck tractor and semi-trailer then turned over on its right side, Pedigo said. When it turned over, the trailer slid off the embankment with the truck still lying across the roadway.
The truck, owned by Truck Inc., of Conley, Ga., was carrying 38,000 pounds of recycled newspaper from Knoxville to Dublin, Ga. Pedigo said chunks of pavement were taken out of the road when the tractor-trailer wrecked and that the highway was unsafe for drivers.
He said the road would be closed from the Foothills Parkway to the state line until the trailer can be removed and the road can be repaired, but was unsure how long it would take. It was still closed on Thursday.
Pedigo said motorists, including an injured motorcyclist, were unable to get through due to the commercial vehicle’s wreck and spill.
Horne was taken by Rural/Metro Ambulance Service to Blount Memorial Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries and released, Pedigo said.