Driver who flipped semi-truck and collapsed sign on I-16 was looking for TWIC card, report shows

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – The driver of a semi-truck which lost control and smashed into a sign on I-16 at exit 166 was allegedly looking for his TWIC card, according to accident report documents WTOC has received.

On January 5, 2026, all eastbound lanes of I-16 were closed for roughly nine hours as workers attempted to remove the debris from a wreck near where I-16 meets downtown Savannah.

According to the incident’s motor vehicle crash report, a witness who was traveling behind the semi-truck before it crashed said “He was driving normal and maintaining his lane,” but as the fork in I-16 approaching the Gwinnet St. exit approached, things changed…

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