Brief: Big rig hauling vineyard posts and stakes overturns

Map of where a big rig transporting vineyard metal material overturned on Highway 221 to southbound Highway 29

A big rig transporting vineyard metal material was allegedly traveling too fast on Tuesday south of Napa when its loaded trailer overturned at a roundabout, blocking the connector from southbound Highway 221 to southbound Highway 29, according to the California Highway Patrol. Debris hit a Honda Civic. 

Traffic was affected for about five hours. The incident was reported at about 1:45 p.m. 

There were no injuries. No one was arrested, California Highway Patrol public information officer Marc Renspurger said. 


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Kerana Torodov has written extensively about American Canyon and the wine industry. She regularly contributes to the Napa County Times and was previously on staff at the Napa Valley Register as a general assignment reporter covering American Canyon, criminal justice and the fire department.