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Ponderosa Fire crews were called to a semi-truck accident Thursday morning on eastbound Interstate-40. When crews arrived at the accident between Bellemont and Parks at around 4:30 a.m., they found the truck down an embankment, on its side. Three people were inside, but had exited the cab with minor injuries. The truck was carrying aFull Story

Ponderosa Fire crews responded to an accident on eastbound Interstate-40 Wednesday morning involving a tractor trailer. Officials say the semi-truck went down a 60-foot embankment at around 3:17 a.m. at milepost 189, between Flagstaff and Bellemont. DPS says the truck was heading westbound when for an unknown reason lost control and left the highway. WhenFull Story

A semi-truck caught fire, which spread to a brush fire and shut down southbound Interstate-17 for hours Wednesday. DPS says the truck caught fire near the Stoneman Lake Road Exit, south of Munds Park, at around 1 p.m. The truck was pulling a trailer, which is what caught fire. The fire spread from the vehicleFull Story

Prescott Fire crews tended to a tractor trailer fire Wednesday. The fire was reported at around 1 p.m. in the 39-hundred block of Willow Creek Road in Prescott. When the first units arrived, they found a semi-truck connected to what appeared to be a roll-off dumpster trailer, with the cab on fire. Crews were concernedFull Story

A semi-truck accident forced the closure of Interstate-40 just west of Winslow Thursday morning. DPS says the driver of the truck lost control and rolled onto its side at around 5:40 a.m. at milepost 247. The driver was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The accident was cleared at around 7 a.m. and trafficFull Story

Fire crews from the Prescott and Central Arizona fire departments responded to a call of a semi-truck rollover on Contreras Road near Skull Valley. The incident happened at around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday. When crews arrived they found the fuel tanker on its side with the driver already getting out of the cab. The driver reportedlyFull Story

It was a messy morning south of Flagstaff this morning. DPS says a tractor-trailer filled with beer was involved in an accident on southbound Interstate-17 about 20 miles south of Flagstaff at around 4 a.m. Officials say the semi hit a guardrail, which caused the trailer to separate from the cab and blocked the highway.Full Story

A semi-truck hauling chocolate rolled over Monday morning east of Flagstaff. DPS says the accident closed the westbound lanes of I-40 at Exit 211 at the Winona Exit. The tanker was carrying 40-thousand pounds of liquid chocolate at the time. Traffic was taken off at the Winona Exit and allowed to go back onto theFull Story

An accident involving a jackknifed semitruck closed northbound Interstate-17 for a short time Friday morning. DPS says the accident happened at around 7:30 a.m. when the tractor trailer hit a guardrail at milepost 317. The impact caused the truck to jackknife. Soon after that accident, a passenger car and a truck pulling a trailer collidedFull Story

A semi-truck pulled down four power poles in Chino Valley Monday on Center Street, right in front of Chino Valley High School. Officials say the incident happened at around 3 p.m. The incident closed the street from Highway 89 to Road One for a long period of time. Students at the school were released fromFull Story