Garbage truck overturns, spills trash on Utah highway

By Sheena McFarland

| The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published Mar 05 2012 09:20 am • Last Updated Mar 05 2012 05:05 pm

Traffic between southbound Interstate 215 and westbound Interstate 80 jammed Monday morning after a garbage truck overturned.

The driver of the truck was uninjured, but garbage was strewn across the highway around 8:30 a.m., said Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Todd Johnson. The freeway onramp was down to a single lane for several hours during cleanup.

It was unclear what caused the accident, and it is still under investigation.

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