A Wednesday afternoon collision between a concrete truck and a semi-truck

sent both drivers to the hospital, but both escaped without serious

injuries.

"It looked a lot worse than it actually was," said Coweta

County Deputy Fire Chief Bill Haynes.

The accident occurred near the intersection of Ga. Highway 16 and

Marion Beavers Road just after 1 p.m. Haynes said the DOT was bushhogging

near the location, and one of the trucks veered into the other lane

to try and avoid the heavy road equipment.

But when the truck moved into the other lane, Haynes said, it collided

with the transfer truck headed in the opposite direction and actually

knocked the cab of the truck off the chassis.

The cement truck was knocked in the ditch, and traffic was snarled

for quite a while as officials from Coweta County and the Georgia State

Patrol worked the wreck.

"We transported both drivers to Newnan Hospital, but miraculously

they didn't receive any serious injuries, " Haynes said.

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