Tractor-trailer overturns, blocks Interstate 169 in Christian County

What This Story Is About

• The Christian County Sheriff’s Office responded to an overturned tractor-trailer on Interstate 169.

Why It Matters

• The driver was taken by Hopkinsville EMS for head and back pain.

What Happens Next

• The interstate is expected to be blocked until 9 a.m.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ky. (WBKO) - A tractor-trailer overturned early Wednesday morning, blocking multiple lanes of Interstate 169.

Deputies responded at 5:43 a.m. to the 23-mile marker after the tractor-trailer, which was traveling northbound, lost control and struck a guardrail, causing it to overturn.

Both northbound and one southbound lane were blocked, according to the Christian County Sheriff’s Office.

The driver was taken by Hopkinsville EMS to a hospital for head and back pain.

The interstate is expected to be blocked until 9 am.