Miracle Grow Spill
By Staff
MIRACLE GROW SPILL Traffic backed up on Interstate 20/59 Tuesday afternoon after an 18-wheeler hauling Miracle Grow hit the guard rail at the 160 mile marker.
Gary Newell, chief of the Russell Volunteer Fire Department, which responded to the accident along with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, said the trailer of the truck was ripped open by a concrete barrier on the interstate. Newell said the driver of the truck was unhurt.
Photo by Carisa McCain/ The Meridian Star
Feb. 20, 2002