MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — A 49-year-old Missouri man was killed when the tractor-trailer he was driving crashed early Saturday morning on Interstate 75 in Monroe County, officials said.
According to a release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the 18-wheeler, driven by 49-year-old Derriun Taylor of Perryville, Mo., was northbound on I-75 just before 5 a.m. when the crash occurred.
Deputies said it appears the 18-wheeler left the roadway, went down an embankment, into a ditch and overturned. It struck several trees and a fence line before it came to rest, they said.
According to deputies, Taylor was dead when they arrived at the scene.
The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.
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