Semi carrying 41,000 pounds of meat overturns
Interstate 70 reopened Monday night after a tractor trailer carrying 41,000 pounds of meat overturned in Montgomery County, according to authorities.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol tweeted pictures from the scene, saying the semi flipped over in the westbound lanes around mile marker 171, near Danville before 7 p.m.
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Troopers said the driver was not hurt.
Crews shut down the right lane of westbound I-70 for about two hours to remove the semi.
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