Paulding road reopens hours after tractor-trailer overturns

A road near the Cobb-Paulding county line that closed Wednesday night after a tractor-trailer overturned reopened early Thursday morning.

Cedarcrest Road between the intersection with U.S. 41 and the Bentwater community was reopened at 2:40 a.m., the Paulding County Department of Transportation said.

The truck overturned and spilled liquid fertilizer on Cedarcrest shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday, the Paulding County Communications Center said.

No injuries were reported.

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