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I-75 reopens after crash causes grape juice spill

Published: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 3:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 3:40 p.m.

All three lanes of northbound Interstate 75 have been reopened after an

overturned semi tractor-trailer clogged traffic near the Micanopy exit,

according to Lt. Mike Burroughs with the Florida Highway Patrol.

Burroughs reported at 6 p.m. that all lanes had been reopened from the

crash, which occurred shortly before 3:30 p.m. A semi carrying grape juice

overturned in the northbound lanes just north of the Micanopy exit,

blocking all three lanes for more than an hour. By 5 p.m., two lanes had

been reopened, and by 6 p.m., traffic was flowing smoothly again, Burroughs

reported.

The driver of the semi was transported to the hospital after the crash, but

troopers reported he did not have serious injuries.

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