Las Vegas Boulevard reopens nearly four hours after truck flips on its side — PHOTOS
An overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree is shown outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
Tow truck operators move an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
Foliage is removed before an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree is restored outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
Tow truck operators begin to move an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
A tow truck operator makes a phone call while trying to restore an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
An overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree is shown outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People get a view of an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
Tow truck operators make adjustments before restoring an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People get a view of an overturned over advertising truck, upper left, that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
A tow truck operator attaches chains to an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People stand around an overturned advertising truck, upper left, that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People get a view of an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People get a view of an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People watch as tow truck operators begin to move an overturned advertising truck that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People get a view of an overturned advertising truck, not pictured, that knocked over a palm tree outside of the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
Northbound Las Vegas Boulevard is closed at Flamingo Road after an advertising truck flipped on its side in front of Margaritaville. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Northbound Las Vegas Boulevard is closed at Flamingo Road after an advertising truck flipped on its side in front of Margaritaville. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Northbound Las Vegas Boulevard was closed at Flamingo Road for nearly four hours Wednesday after an advertising truck flipped on its side in front of the Margaritaville restaurant at the Flamingo, Las Vegas police said.
Police were called just before 3:15 p.m. to 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. South, north of East Flamingo Road, where a truck had flipped on its side and knocked over a palm tree.
Traffic on northbound Las Vegas Boulevard was closed at Flamingo, Metropolitan Police Department officer Larry Hadfield said at about 3:45 p.m.
The truck was upright at 6:10 p.m. and traffic was flowing smoothly on the boulevard about 40 minutes later, traffic cameras showed. Clark County firefighters pulled a man from the truck and took him to University Medical Center with injuries that weren't life threatening, Hadfield said.
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