Video from the scene<\/a> showed the tractor-trailer lying on its side near the roadway, with the heavy concrete block visible beside the overturned truck.<\/p>\nEmergency crews and traffic officials responded to the crash as the vehicle and its load blocked part of the ramp. Specialized equipment was needed to help remove the truck and concrete block from the area.<\/p>\n
Officials did not immediately release information explaining what caused the semi-truck to overturn.<\/p>\n
Authorities also did not report any arrests or criminal charges connected to the incident. No allegations of criminal conduct involving the driver were announced in the initial report.<\/p>\n
Details regarding possible injuries were limited shortly after the crash.<\/p>\n
Traffic was affected near the ramp while crews worked to secure the scene and begin removing the overturned vehicle and its cargo.<\/p>\n
Drivers traveling through the area were advised to expect delays and use caution around the crash site.<\/p>\n
The Selmon Expressway connects several communities across Hillsborough County and provides access to downtown Tampa and other major roadways.<\/p>\n
Officials had not provided a specific timeline for when the ramp would fully reopen.<\/p>\n
The cause of the crash remained under investigation as crews continued cleanup efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hillsborough County, FL – A semi-truck hauling a large concrete block overturned Tuesday morning on a ramp connected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[106204,22521,276,5954,29434,725,77621,13191,202,204,203,199,201,200,135,11147],"class_list":["post-421179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-concrete-block","tag-crews","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-officials","tag-ramp","tag-scene","tag-selmon-expressway","tag-semi-truck","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa","tag-traffic-delays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}