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Driver Killed When Truck Rolls Down Embankment

Tractor-Trailer Rolls On Interstate Ramp

POSTED: 1:11 pm CDT May 13, 2008
UPDATED: 1:33 pm CDT May 14, 2008

A tractor-trailer driver was killed when his truck rolled down an embankment shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Witnesses said the tractor-trailer was on the ramp from Interstate 70 to Interstate 435 when the trailer started rolling and pulled the truck down an embankment.

The 27-year-old driver from Minnesota was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators believe the accident was caused by the truck's load shifting.

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