(above photo) Heavy equipment and two heavy-duty wreckers with cranes were used to lift the upright the huge dump truck and then pull it up the 20-foot embankment onto the shoulder of State Route 840. Shortly after 10:00 o'clock Monday morning, emergency responders rushed to State Route 840 near the Veteran's Parkway exit where a dump truck had overturned. 66-year old Eddie Fisher of Pleasantview, Tennessee reported that he blew a tire. 

The Mack truck, loaded with top soil and gravel, was traveling westbound (toward Franklin) crossed over a deep median, went over the eastbound lane of traffic and careened over a 20-foot embankment, flipping and coming to rest in a field behind a home on Shores Road. 

The trooper said that Fisher was not wearing a safety belt. He was transported by the Rutherford County Emergency Medical Service to the ER at Middle Tennessee Medical Center with "non life threatening injuries". The driver was cited for seat belt violation and proper inspection of the vehicle. 

(above photo) As you can see, the large Mack dump truck received extensive damage as it flipped down the embankment. 

Initial reports indicated the driver was trapped in the vehicle, but he managed to escape before the first unit arrived. 

The accident scene was being worked by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Rutherford County Sheriffs Office, Rutherford Emergency Management and the Almaville Volunteer Fire Department.