Magnolia man dies in Louisiana accident

— An Arkansas man died after losing control of the dump truck he was driving in Bossier Parish.

State police tells The Times that 41-year-old Gregory McWilliams, of Magnolia was driving a truck loaded with gravel north on La. Highway 157 Thursday when the truck ran off the right side of the road. McWilliams apparently overcorrected, causing the truck to start sliding.

Troopers say the gravel shifted and the truck rolled onto the passenger side, hit a bridge guard rail and slid off the side of the road before stopping in a ditch.

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