A serious wreck Sunday afternoon shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 85 from Carnesville to Lavonia for several hours.
The wreck involved two tractor-trailer trucks, with one driver airlifted from the scene to Greenville Memorial Hospital after being trapped during the collision, said Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas. The driver of the front truck was not hurt.
Traffic was detoured onto Ga. 59 from Exit 166 to Exit 173, Thomas said.
Watermelons cover a section of Interstate 85 after two tractor-trailers collided in Franklin County Sunday afternoon. A seven-mile stretch of the interstate from Carnesville to Lavonia was closed for hours to allow clean-up.
Law enforcement personnel survey the scene of Sunday afternoon's wreck involving two tractor-trailers on Interstate 85 northbound in Franklin County. (Photo/Lavonia Fire Department)
Emergency personnel work to free the trapped driver of the second tractor-trailer involved in Sunday afternoon's wreck on Interstate 85 in Franklin County.
Emergency personnel tend to the trapped driver of the second truck involved in Sunday afternoon's wreck on Interstate 85 in Franklin County. Photo/Life Flight
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