Man survives rollover wreck on U.S. 183 near Lometa

  • Two SAS Towing and Recovery trucks work to lift a box truck from the railroad track about 3 miles north of Lometa after a one-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 183 North Thursday afternoon. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    Two SAS Towing and Recovery trucks work to lift a box truck from the railroad track about 3 miles north of Lometa after a one-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 183 North Thursday afternoon. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

    A man driving a box truck on U.S. Highway 183 is OK after surviving a rollover Thursday morning about three miles north of Lometa.

    Lometa Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bobby Odom said his crew was notified of an incident at 9:35 a.m. involving a box truck that was northbound on U.S. 183. The driver lost control of his vehicle and left the roadway, falling about 20 feet onto the railroad tracks th…