DARKWATER — A tractor-trailer carrying a load of apples overturned Tuesday afternoon on a section of state Route 61 south between Frackville and Saint Clair commonly referred to as “Dead Man’s Curve.”
The tractor-trailer was Unit 530A in the service of Nick’s Transportation Service, Chicago, Illinois, according to a permit taped to the front window of the truck tractor. And it was carrying cases of apples distributed by Hess Brothers Fruit Co., Leola, Lancaster County.
The incident occurred just after 3 p.m. when the Kenworth truck tractor tipped while rounding the right-hand curve. The trailer smashed into the metal guide rail on the left side of the road.
More than 10 feet of the railing was torn from its posts. A section of trailer was ripped open. And dozens of cardboard boxes filled with apples dropped down a hillside to the woods below.
The driver of the truck suffered a laceration to the forehead, according to reports on the police scanner.
Both southbound lanes had to be closed at one point as the vehicle was towed from the scene.
State police at Frackville were investigating the crash but did not release a report as of press time Tuesday.