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Tanker hauling hot asphalt tar overturns in Warrick Co.

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WARRICK CO., IN (WFIE) -

A tanker truck overturned on State Road 161 near Holland, Indiana Tuesday afternoon.

The Warrick County Sheriff's Office tells 14 News the driver was hauling hot asphalt tar when he took the curve too fast coming off of Interstate 64 and causing the truck to tip over.

Authorities say the truck lost about 2,500 gallons of the asphalt tar.

As for the driver, he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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