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The road is shut down for over six hours, but no one is seriously hurt.

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Ga. 20 west of Rome, about a mile from the Alabama line, was shut down for over six hours Wednesday after a log truck collided with two soybean haulers between Fosters Bend Road and Halls Valley Road. Thousands of pounds of beans were dumped onto the highway and the shoulder of the highway, and the trucks all sustained significant damage but all three drivers escaped serious injuries.

The wreck occurred in foggy conditions around 4:20 a.m. “What we know is that the logging truck was driving on the wrong side of the road,” said Floyd County Police officer Josh Ward. The log truck, driven by Steve Ledbetter, 55, of Carrollton, was east bound and allegedly crossed the center line when he struck the two trucks which were hauling soybeans to Alabama. Gary Michael Jenkins, 53, of Rome, driving one of the bean haulers, was taken to a local hospital for a check-up. Ronnie Sharp, 62, the owner of the haulers, was actually driving the second bean truck.

“It wasn’t at the point where you couldn’t see, it wasn’t a blinding fog at that point,” said Ronnie Sharp. “I had just looked at my speedometer and was running about 47 or 48 and when I looked up I saw this white truck. Mike jerked to the right and I jerked to the left and then jack-knifed.”

Beans were spilled all over the road and shoulder of the highway and

were still being pushed off the road well after 10 a.m. Wednesday. Through traffic to Alabama was diverted south on Ga. 100 to Blacks Bluff Road or U.S. 411 in Cave Spring.

Floyd County Police spokesman Jerome Poole said Ledbetter would be charged with failing to maintain his lane, causing the wreck.

Doug Walker / Rome News-Tribune The side of a soybean hauler shows the damage from a wreck with a log truck. The log truck hit two of the soybean trucks spilling beans all over Alabama Highway. None of the drivers suffered serious injuries.