Thursday’s truck rollover comes a day after a tractor-trailer flipped over a guardrail onto Interstate 287 in Westchester County, NY, killing the driver. There were no reports of any corn spillage onto the roadway.Ī cause for the turnover has not been released as the investigation is ongoing, according to police. The unidentified driver of the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries in the crash. The truck was carrying close to 40,000 pounds of corn when it overturned Thursday night. Interstate 41 connects Milwaukee with Green Bay by traveling west of Lake Winnebago.
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“TRAFFIC ALERT: Please exercise caution in the area of S/B I-41 Florist Ave., where an overturned semi carrying 40,000 pounds of corn is blocking lanes 2 and 3,” the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said.Īn update over an hour after the initial alert noted that all southbound lanes were closed down as cleanup crews attempted to clear the wreck. A driver is lucky to be alive after losing control of his vehicle and plunging 20 metres off an overpass in Wisconsin. Wisconsin authorities alerted the public at 8:52 pm local time to use caution if traveling on Interstate 41 as the truck was obstructing multiple lanes.
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State police said a preliminary investigation determined that the tractor-trailer was on the exit 9A ramp, going from Interstate 287 to northbound Interstate 684, when the driver lost control, flipped over a guardrail and landed on the westbound lanes of Interstate 287 below. Ex-upstate NY limo operator hit with max prison sentence in crash that killed 20 Traffic cameras captured a truck flipping over a highway overpass just days ago in Milwaukee. HARRISON - A tractor-trailer fell off an overpass and landed on a van below in Harrison on Wednesday morning.
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