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Truckload of eggs overturns on DeKalb interstate ramp

A sharply-curving DeKalb County interstate ramp that has claimed numerous trucks over the years snared another this morning when a tractor-trailer loaded with 30,000 pounds of eggs overturned. The wreck happened before 6 a.m. on the ramp from I-285 southbound to I-20 eastbound. The ramp was blocked for more than an hour, but reopened to traffic around 7:15 a.m. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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A sharply-curving DeKalb County interstate ramp that has claimed numerous trucks over the years snared another this morning when a tractor-trailer loaded with 30,000 pounds of eggs overturned. The wreck happened before 6 a.m. on the ramp from I-285 southbound to I-20 eastbound. The ramp was blocked for more than an hour, but reopened to traffic around 7:15 a.m. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
By Mike Morris
May 27, 2014

A sharply-curving DeKalb County interstate ramp that has claimed numerous trucks over the years snared another this morning when a tractor-trailer loaded with 30,000 pounds of eggs overturned.

The wreck happened before 6 a.m. on the ramp from I-285 southbound to I-20 eastbound.

The ramp was blocked for more than an hour, but reopened to traffic around 7:15 a.m.

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