RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA — A tractor-trailer hauling watermelons pulled out of the emergency lane and into northbound I-77 traffic Sunday morning, striking another tractor-trailer carrying mulch, flipping it and setting it ablaze in a fiery crash that shut down the highway for hours.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash occurred just before 6 a.m. near Killian Road. The watermelon truck attempted to merge from the emergency lane onto northbound I-77 and struck the mulch truck that was already traveling on the interstate. The mulch truck flipped and caught fire. Its driver was transported to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. No injuries were reported from the watermelon truck.
The scene was not fully cleared until approximately 1:30 p.m.
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