overturned truck
Flipped cargo vehicle
An overturned truck is a large vehicle that has flipped onto its side or roof, typically blocking roadways and causing traffic delays.
The phrase appears constantly in traffic reports: An overturned truck is causing delays on the interstate.
Such incidents often spill cargo across lanes, compounding the disruption.
- capsizedFlipped upside down, nautically
- jackknifedBent sharply backward
- big rigTractor-trailer combination
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
highway · debris · spilled · cargo · semi · trailer · accident · roadblock · traffic jam · emergency · flipped · crashed · tow · diesel · scattered · guardrail · sirens · first responders
- road closuresroadblock, detour, barricade, lane closure, tunnel closure
- traffic incidentsaccident, collision, car crash, pileup, fender bender
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion