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Wine spills from a semi-truck tank after it the truck rolled over on North Kelly Road in Napa on Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters worked to stop the flow. Greg Hess/Register | Buy photos
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A Cherokee Freight Lines semi-truck out of Stockton rolled over on North Kelly near Highway 12 in Napa on Tuesday afternoon spilling more than 6,000 gallons of wine. Greg Hess/Register | Buy photos

Trucks turns over, losing thousands of gallons of wine

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

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By MARSHA DORGAN
Register Staff Writer

A truck carrying 6,500 gallons of red wine rolled several times on Tuesday afternoon.

The driver of the tanker escaped the collapsed cab with just minor injuries, but much of his cargo will never be sniffed, swirled or sipped.

The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on North Kelly Road, north of Jamieson Canyon.

The big rig, which is registered to Cherokee Truck Lines, was munched in the wreck, its smokestacks torn off and the valve at the top of the wine tank ripped away. Red wine freely spilled from the ruptured tank. However, crews were able to save about half of the load.

The driver was northbound on North Kelly Road when he took a curve too fast and lost control of the truck, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Chad Pourroy.

The truck, looking like a wounded monster, came to rest off the shoulder of the road after tearing out several feet of the guard rail.

North Kelly Road was closed for about 45 minutes.

6 comment(s)

shawn wrote on Jul 18, 2007 12:21 AM:

" if i were the company id fire the driver after spilling over 6,000 gallons of red wine plus takeing the turn to fast "

JimClark wrote on Jul 18, 2007 4:37 AM:

" The story of my life. Never in the right place at the right time. "

Cherokee Freight wrote on Jul 18, 2007 6:46 AM:

" trucks are loathsome road bullies - in and out of the fast lane, impeding traffic by pretending to be cars. I'm happy they lost a truck even though I know their insurance will no doubt buy them another one. "

Impressed wrote on Jul 18, 2007 9:26 AM:

" Wow - I'm impressed at Marsha's passion in this article! Wounded Monster? Hope it carries on to her future articles... or maybe I should just hope for correct facts? "

Bonsai wrote on Jul 18, 2007 1:01 PM:

" That is alcohol abuse!!! On a more serious note: I work just up the street and this is the 3rd or 4th truck to crash on that same corner in the past couple of years. They need to slow down, maybe someone could put up a sign of the picture in this article as a warning. "

Bob wrote on Jul 18, 2007 7:53 PM:

" Come on... who's wine??!! What varietal??!! "

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