Update, March 3:

Georgia State Patrol provided more information this morning on how a tractor trailer hauling a load to the Grady Road Landfill ended in the position it did on Wednesday around lunchtime, according their reports.

Initial findings from the GSP stated the blue Mack Anthem tractor trailer was traveling westbound on Highway 278 on Wednesday at 12:22 p.m. when it drifted off the roadway and onto the north shoulder, then struck a culvert and overturned.

Officers reported the driver – whose name was not released – reported minor injury complaints.

Cleanup took much of the rest of the day to complete due to the way the tractor trailer ended up, with the cab standing straight in the air and the trailer overturned on its left side.

GSP reported that the crash investigation is still underway.

Previously posted March 2 ~ 9:30 p.m.:

Believe it or not, but crews are continuing to work late this evening to get a semi cleaned up that went into the ditch during the lunch hour near the intersection of Grady Road.

Efforts have been underway for many hours to get the tractor trailer that saw the cab stuck upright in the air. Polk County Police and GSP were on the scene still after 1 p.m. today.

No injuries were reported at the time.

Check back on Thursday morning for additional details from the Georgia State Patrol when available.

Previously posted:

A lunchtime hour wreck was waiting to be cleaned up as officers had traffic westbound down to one lane on Highway 278 near the Grady Road landfill.

No immediate information was available on how the wreck occurred or on the status of the driver, but police and Georgia State Patrol were out on the scene still around an hour after the semi went off the side of the roadway and into a ditch, sending the cab standing upright in the air and tipping the trailer over on its left side.

Fortunately, no trash entered the roadway.

Eastbound lanes were open for travel as of this report.

Check back for any additional updates as they become available.