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18-wheeler flips over on I-84 on-ramp.


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STURBRIDGE - A tractor-trailer truck flipped over on the Interstate 84 on-ramp from Mashapaug Road about 3:30 p.m. yesterday.

The 2005 Volvo truck was hauling about 45,000 pounds scrap plastic pellets, Sturbridge Fire Capt. Vernon "Butch" Jackson said.

The driver was identified as 24-year-old Johnathan M. Osborne of Tennessee, according to according to
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 Lt. Eric Anderson, a state police spokesman in Framingham. Mr. Osborne was seen with a bandage on his arm. He declined to comment on the accident.

Mr. Osborne was cited by Trooper Christopher Condlin for speeding on the ramp, Lt. Anderson said.

The 18-wheeler flipped on its driver's side and onto the grass. Responders were offloading the trailer and the ramp was still closed at 9:30 last night. Lt. Anderson said he was unsure when it would reopen.

Workers emptied the truck's fuel tanks and filled them with Speedi Dri, an absorbent absorbent /ab·sor·bent/ (-sor´bent)
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, to prevent explosion while lifting and towing the tractor trailer, Capt. Jackson said.

Local police detoured traffic to Old Route 15 for more than an hour, a dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler.  said.

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CUTLINE: A truck carrying plastic pellets rolled over on the I-84 on-ramp in Sturbridge yesterday.

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Publication:Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Date:Jul 26, 2007
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