BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — Crews have been working for hours to clean up a busy road after a sticky mess in Bartow County.
The tractor-trailer overturned overnight Wednesday on the entrance ramp to Interstate 75 on Red Top Mountain Road, spilling tar everywhere.
Channel 2's Darryn Moore was the only reporter covering the spill on Channel 2 Action News This Morning.
Authorities told Moore that the trailer was filled with 5,000 gallons of tar when it overturned. The driver was heading to a construction project on I-985 when the wreck happened.
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The driver suffered several cuts to his arm but managed to climb out.
Crews showed up with an excavator and a truck filled with dirt to dump it onto tar.
One lane of the ramp is open. Authorities hope to have all lanes reopen by this afternoon.
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