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WASHINGTON COUNTY — A semitruck loaded with hay apparently failed to negotiate a sharp corner on Old Highway 91 Sunday morning and rolled down an embankment into the river below.
Washington County Sheriff’s deputies on scene said the accident happened about 8:30 a.m. although it wasn’t reported until just before 10 a.m.
Hay was floating on the surface of the water and was piled high on the banks of the river. The semitruck came to rest on its left side, while the semitrailer came to rest practically upside down, being held up only by the kingpin of the fifth-wheel mechanism on the semitruck.
The driver of the semitruck was rescued by first responders. He was taken to Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
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