• Originally published September 12, 2009 at 2:12 p.m., updated September 12, 2009 at 3:17 p.m.

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — The San Angelo Standard-Times was unable to deliver copies of its city edition after a truck hauling the papers crashed.

About 1 a.m. Saturday, a truck carrying the newspapers from the printer in Abilene hydroplaned near Ballinger, flipping several times, officials said. The driver suffered minor injuries.

The papers were destroyed.

The paper's online E-edition, an online replica of the print version, was made available at no cost for the day.

Michael Clift, the newspaper's prepress operations director, said he was aware of no other time in the paper's 125-year history that an edition failed to hit the streets. Saturday's state edition of the paper, which goes to out-of-town locations, was delivered.

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On the Net: San Angelo Standard-Times: www.gosanangelo.com

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