MEC&F Expert Engineers : ROLLOVER RISKS OF TRUCKS: MOST ROLLOVERS OCCUR DURING TURNING OR ADJUSTING THE TRUCK’S COURSE: TRUCK ROLLS ON OVER ON ODD ROAD IN GHENT, WEST VIRGINIA. THE DRIVER SAID THAT HE DID NOT TAKE THE TURN WIDE ENOUGH

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

ROLLOVER RISKS OF TRUCKS: MOST ROLLOVERS OCCUR DURING TURNING OR ADJUSTING THE TRUCK’S COURSE: TRUCK ROLLS ON OVER ON ODD ROAD IN GHENT, WEST VIRGINIA. THE DRIVER SAID THAT HE DID NOT TAKE THE TURN WIDE ENOUGH



ROLLOVER RISKS OF TRUCKS:  MOST ROLLOVERS OCCUR DURING TURNING OR ADJUSTING THE TRUCK’S COURSE:  TRUCK ROLLS ON OVER ON ODD ROAD IN GHENT, WEST VIRGINIA.  THE DRIVER SAID THAT HE DID NOT TAKE THE TURN WIDE ENOUGH


Posted: Jan 13, 2015 3:10 PM EST Updated: Jan 13, 2015 3:10 PM EST

 A tractor trailer rolled onto its side while taking a turn along Odd Road in Ghent, WV on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.  

The accident happened at around 1 p.m. in front of the Knight's Inn and Lions Den adult book store.  That is right off of the West Virginia Turnpike at Exit 28.

The driver said that he did not take the turn wide enough.  No one was hurt in the accident and the road did not have to be shut down.