An 18-wheeler loaded with sand flipped on its side exiting Interstate 20 at Jackson Street in Monroe, Louisiana. The incident has closed the roadway causing traffic backup and rerouting. The overturned truck is leaking diesel fuel. Why did the truck driver flip his truck? These accidents are preventable.
The flipping of a truck is usually the result of the negligence in the handling of the truck and the trailer by the driver, operating at an excessive, dangerous, and unreasonable speed under the circumstances, in failing to reduce his speed in obedience to the warning signs posted on the on-ramp, and in failing to properly arrange, stack, and secure a cargo on a trailer for highway travel so it would not shift or change its center upon the stress of turning sharp curves.
