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Military Tanker Overturns On I-40 In Lebanon

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Two people were taken to an area hospital after a military tanker overturned on Interstate 40 West in Wilson County.

The incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday on I-40 West at mile marker 238 in Lebanon.

Officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol said the tanker was transporting diesel fuel - however, fuel didn't appear to be leaking from the truck.

The tanker overturned and came to rest upside down. 

Two people were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with unknown injuries. 

No additional details were known.