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UPDATE: Truck Hauling Dirt Overturns On Flanders Road, Partially Crushing Car

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A truck hauling dirt overturned on Flanders Road

A truck hauling dirt overturned on Flanders Road

 partially crushing a car

partially crushing a car

 on Thursday morning. KYLE CAMPBELL

on Thursday morning. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police lieutenants Michael Zarro and James Kiernan on the scene of a roll-over car accident on Flanders Road in Flanders. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police lieutenants Michael Zarro and James Kiernan on the scene of a roll-over car accident on Flanders Road in Flanders. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police block off Flanders Road near Red Creek Road in Flanders on Thursday morning following a roll-over accident between a tractor-trailer and a Toyota Corolla. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police block off Flanders Road near Red Creek Road in Flanders on Thursday morning following a roll-over accident between a tractor-trailer and a Toyota Corolla. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police Lieutenant Michael Zarro

Southampton Town Police Lieutenant Michael Zarro

 left

left

 secures the scene of a roll-over accident Thursday morning
 on Flanders Road in Flanders. KYLE CAMPBELL

secures the scene of a roll-over accident Thursday morning on Flanders Road in Flanders. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police block off Flanders Road near Red Creek Road in Flanders on Thursday morning following a roll-over accident between a tractor-trailer and a Toyota Corolla. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Police block off Flanders Road near Red Creek Road in Flanders on Thursday morning following a roll-over accident between a tractor-trailer and a Toyota Corolla. KYLE CAMPBELL

authorKyle Campbell on Jul 24, 2014
UPDATE 12:30 p.m. Flanders Road will reopen by 12:45 p.m. between Bellows Pond Road and Pleasure Drive, according to Southampton Town Police. According to police, a street sweeper truck is... more

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