UPDATE: Tractor-trailer carrying granite rolls over, traps operator on I-95N

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island State Police are investigating what caused a tractor-trailer to rollover Monday evening.

Authorities responded to I-95 North near exit 24 at Branch ave around 6:30 p.m., to find a tractor-trailer laying across two lanes of traffic. The operator, identified as  56-year-old Hery Portillo, of Bayonne, N.J., was briefly trapped inside.

Rhode Island State Police say the tractor-trailer was carrying blocks of granite, and that Portillo lost control of the vehicle, and it somehow flipped onto it’s side.

The two right lanes were closed until 9:45 p.m. while crews worked to clear the scene.

Portillo was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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