A tractor-trailer crash sent water shooting up in the air in Cherokee County on Wednesday, causing a road closure.
One person was hurt in the one-vehicle crash.
The truck was hauling trash when it overturned on East Cherokee Drive at Cokers Chapel Road, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office reported.
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The tractor-trailer hit a fire hydrant, damaging the water line. It also dumped the load of trash on the roadway.
The truck driver was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta with non-life-threatening injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
East Cherokee Drive was closed at that location while crews were repairing the water line, but reopened Thursday.
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