Tractor trailer driver falls asleep, dumps load on I-95

Crews were recovering everything from Ragu spaghetti sauce to roller skates from an overturned tractor trailer on Interstate 95 in Harnett County on Wednesday.

The State Highway Patrol reported that the driver, pulling a load from Pennsylvania to Florida, fell asleep in a work zone. The accident happened just before noon in the southbound lanes near the city of Dunn.

Neither the driver nor his assistant, who was in the sleeper at the time, suffered any injuries.

Traffic was heavily congested and travel times slow through the area through the afternoon and into the evening commute. The cleanup was expected to last into the evening.