{"id":26663,"date":"2023-06-20T19:15:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T19:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=26663"},"modified":"2023-06-20T19:15:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T19:15:41","slug":"breaking-news-lumber-truck-accident-closes-leesburg-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=26663","title":{"rendered":"Breaking news: Lumber truck accident closes Leesburg ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>The police are making a big mess today in Leesburg.  A logging truck overturned this morning and closed one of the on-ramps to the Leesburg Bypass.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the latest from the Leesburg Police Department: <strong>&#8220;The ramp from South King Street to the eastbound Leesburg Bypass is currently closed due to a crash involving an overturned logging truck and trailer. Please avoid the area and use alternate routes.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Images posted on social media show the truck&#8217;s cab smashed into pieces and large wooden poles falling all over the roadway and against the ramp&#8217;s railings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-41951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n.jpg 1537w, https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n-510x680.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n-750x999.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/352554687_660018056164786_6453849047146018924_n-1140x1519.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" title=\"\">Images: Leesburg Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>An ambulance was also at the scene.  No word yet on the condition of the driver or what caused the crash.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theburn.com\/2023\/06\/20\/breaking-news-timber-truck-crashes-shuts-leesburg-on-ramp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police are making a big mess today in Leesburg. A logging truck overturned this morning and closed one of the on-ramps to the Leesburg Bypass. Here&#8217;s the latest from the Leesburg Police Department: &#8220;The ramp from South King Street to the eastbound Leesburg Bypass is currently closed due to a crash involving an overturned logging truck and trailer. Please avoid the area and use alternate routes.&#8221; Images posted on social media show the truck&#8217;s cab smashed into pieces and large wooden poles falling all over the roadway and against the ramp&#8217;s railings. Images: Leesburg Police Department. 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