Traffic snarled by hay truck roll-over on Abbey Road

LAFAYETTE -- A semi-truck trailer rig loaded with hay  rolled over on Abbey Road near the Trappist Abbey. about 12:40 p.m. Thursday.  Medics, firefighters and police responded.

The wreck scattered hay across the roadway, leading to the closure of Abbey Road for several hours. Oil also had to be cleaned up.

The rollover blocked the northbound lane of Abbey Road, which runs north from Lafayette to connect with Hendricks Road east of Carlton.