WINTERHAVEN --- No injuries were reported today when a tractor-trailer hauling a load of gravel on Highway 78 west of Stallard Road overturned, a California Highway Patrol officer said in a press statement.
The driver, Luis I. Dukes, a 23-year-old El Cajon resident, allowed his vehicle to drift off the roadway and having the right-rear tires run into a ditch while traveling west on Highway 78, Highway Patrol Officer Todd Curtis said. The weight of the gravel pulled the trailer down and over the embankment, Curtis said. The incident had been reported at 1:20 p.m.
The motion caused the tractor to jackknife and spill the load onto the roadway, blocking both directions for several hours until 3:40 p.m. when one lane had been re-opened, Curtis said.
By SILVIO J. PANTA, staff writer

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