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Big-Rig Driver Falls Asleep, Wrecks: Fort Worth Police

Police closed all but one lane of Interstate 35W in Fort Worth after a truck driver wrecked a semitrailer early Thursday morning.

The truck, which was transporting food, crashed into a guard rail on northbound I-35W near Texas 121 when the driver fell asleep at the wheel, Fort Worth police said.

Crews discovered a fuel leak when they removed the cab at about 8:30 a.m. They cleaned the fuel and reopened all lanes just after 11 a.m.

No injuries were reported.

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