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Semi-truck filled with Pop-Tarts flips on I-640 West, blocks most lanes at Broadway ramp

Crews are working to remove the truck after it overturned across the interstate Tuesday morning.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Traffic was backed up on westbound Interstate 640 Tuesday morning after a semi-truck carrying Pop-Tarts flipped over on the road and blocked most lanes.

As of 7:15 a.m., crews were working to clear the crash at the North Broadway exit as it blocked the left shoulder and two left lanes. The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the crash happened around 6:10 a.m. 

Traffic was backed up close to Washington Pike for about an hour. As of 9 a.m., crews had moved the truck out of the way and traffic was flowing again.

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