OAK HILL, Fla. -- Traffic has been flowing smoothly in both direction on Interstate 95, but that wasn't the case for the better part of the day when a tractor-trailer overturned on the south-bound side in Oak Hill and causing the south-bound lanes to be closed for more than 6 hours.
The mishap occurred just after 9 a.m. with the overturned rig and its payload spilling sheetrock and oil onto the interstate near the Brevard County line. Traffic had to be rerouted through secondary roads for the massive clean-up that ensued for the better part of the morning and mid-afternoon.
The mishap occurred just after 9 a.m. with the overturned rig and its payload spilling sheetrock and oil onto the interstate near the Brevard County line. Traffic had to be rerouted through secondary roads for the massive clean-up that ensued for the better part of the morning and mid-afternoon.
The Florida Highway Patrrol reported Michael Borres, 40, of Longwood, lost control of the rig, causing it to overturn near mile marker 235 on the southbound side of the interstate, just south of the Oak Hill city line in unincorporated Volusia County just over the line from Scottsmoor in Brevard County.
No information was readily available as to whether any tickets were issued in the mishap or what may have caused the driver to to lose control of the rig.
All southbound lanes were shut down and traffic was re-routed off of I-95 at Exit 239, in New Smyrna Beach, and re-directed onto State Road 44, east to U.S. Highway 1.