Big rolls over onto Hwy 99, 'extreme traffic' expected

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Drivers utilizing a Fresno conception of northbound Highway 99 astatine Clinton Avenue Wednesday day are being warned to expect "extreme traffic" aft a large rig carrying 40,000 pounds of goods rolled onto Highway 99.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the large rig was travelling northbound connected Highway 99 astatine astir 2 p.m. erstwhile the operator attempted to exit onto Clinton Avenue. After realizing determination was not capable country to exit safely, the operator tried to displacement the large rig backmost onto the freeway.

Due to the vehicle's speed, the operator missed the freeway and alternatively continued up the ungraded berm earlier flipping onto the freeway below. The operator was temporarily pinned successful the upside-down rig, but officers accidental they sustained lone insignificant to mean injuries.

The large rig blocked the mediate and close lanes of Highway 99 astatine Clinton Avenue, leaving lone the accelerated lane unfastened for traffic.

The CHP says drivers should expect utmost postulation connected the northbound broadside of the road done the metropolis of Fresno portion crews enactment to wide the area.