Overturned truck dumps 40K pounds of car parts on Jackson highway – MLive.com
JACKSON COUNTY, MI — Roughly 40,000 pounds of automobile parts spilled onto a Jackson County highway early Tuesday morning when a semitrailer rolled over on a highway ramp.
Officers from the Blackman-Leoni Township Department of Public Safety responded to the crash at 6:49 a.m.
Nov. 29, after the semitrailer overturned on the westbound ramp from I-94 to M-60 around exit 136. The road was closed from roughly 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.
The driver, a 63-year-old man from Livonia, was uninjured, police said.
The truck spilled 40,000 pounds of automobile parts onto the highway during the crash, Blackman-Leoni Township Department of Public Safety Director Mike Jester said.
Jimmie’s Towing Service was handling the clean-up and recovery at the crash scene, he said.
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