NEWS MEDIA INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT OF RELEASE: One vehicle, tractor-trailer, rollover crash
DATE AND TIME: Approximately 9:43 P.M. on Wednesday, June 7, 2023
LOCATION: US 131 southbound north of 22 Mile Road in Township of Pierson.
AUTHORITY/CONTACT PERSON: Sheriff Mike Williams
Montcalm County Deputies responded to the area of southbound US 131 near 22 Mile Rd for the report of a semi tractor-trailer that had overturned just north of the overpass.
The investigation revealed that a 2018 Kenworth tractor, being driving by a 51-year-old Hulbert man, was traveling south on US 131 approaching the 22 Mile Road overpass. The tractor was hauling double flatbed trailers loaded with lumber. The driver failed to negotiate the curve and ran off the roadway to the right as the driver attempted to steer the tractor-trailer back onto the roadway. The tractor-trailer continued off of the roadway and overturned, spilling its load, coming to a rest near the overpass embankment. Southbound US131 was closed for nearly three and one-half hours during the investigation.
The driver was transported to Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The driver was believed to have been wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. The crash remains under investigation.
The Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by Montcalm County Central Dispatch, Rockford Ambulance, Sand Lake Fire Department, Michigan Department of Transportation and Montcalm County Road Commission.
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