The Mississippi Highway Patrol continues investigating a one-vehicle accident Monday afternoon which resulted in no injuries.
Brian Mobley, Troop G Mississippi Highway Patrol Public Affairs Officer, said the accident occurred between 1:30-1:45 p.m. at the off-ramp of Highway 791 — which turns onto U.S. Highway 82 — near the Golden Triangle Regional Airport exit.
“A tractor-trailer rig that was northbound overturned on its left side as it was making a right turn,” Trooper Mobley said.
The driver was identified as Toriaeno Greenlee, 39, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., who was driving a white 1999 Peterbilt tractor truck, and pulling a flatbed trailer.
“He was hauling rolls of coiled steel when he turned over,” Mobley said.
He added the driver suffered no injuries.
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