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Tractor Trailer Overturns In DeKalb County Wednesday

A 64-year-old Chestnut Mound man suffered minor injuries when his tractor trailer overturned Wednesday morning on DeKalb County’s Cookeville Highway.

Authorities said the accident happened around 7:20 a.m. when the rig overturned as it rounded a curve. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said graphite inside the trailer shifted, causing the trailer to overturn and skid into a guardrail.

The THP cited the driver, identified as Robert Huff, with failure to exercise due care.

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