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Truck driver hospitalized after 18-wheeler overturns on Loop 287

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By Francesca Washington - bio | email
LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -

Saturday morning a Houston truck driver was transported to Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin after his 18-wheeler overturned on Loop 287.

According the DPS report, Wilson Smith Jr., 51, of Houston was driving southbound on Loop 287. Officials say he was driving too fast on a curve in the road when he lost control of the truck and over turned.

Smith was transported to Memorial Medical Center to be treated for injuries.

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