Scrap truck rolls over in Marble Falls store parking lot
A truck driver was injured Feb. 23 after the vehicle he was driving toppled onto its side at a convenience store in Marble Falls. Staff photo by Connie Swinney
FROM STAFF REPORTS
MARBLE FALLS — A truck driver en route to a recycling center is being treated for injuries Feb. 23 after the truck tractor-trailer he was driving rolled over in a convenience store parking lot at the intersection of Avenue Q and RR 1431.
The truck driver, who was transporting scrap metal, told police and witnesses at the scene that he was traveling west on the main roadway when a vehicle “pulled out in front of him.”
Subsequent investigation utilizing surveillance video contradicted the driver’s account, according to Marble Falls Police Sgt. Barry Greer.
Greer said the driver was “traveling at an unsafe speed” when he turned into the lot. The weight shifted in the trailer, toppling it onto its side, according to the police report.
Marble Falls Area EMS transported the driver to the emergency room at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Marble Falls with a head wound, police confirmed.
His condition is unknown.
No other injuries were reported in connection with the incident.
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