3/11/13 - Southbound US-23 was closed down this afternoon following a fatal crash between a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle. Michigan State Police have announced that at about 1:00pm, a dual-trailer dump truck hauling scrap metal blew a tire while traveling south on US-23. The driver lost control and the rear trailer of the truck turned over onto a passenger vehicle in the right-hand lane. The car was crushed and the male driver killed. There was nobody else in the vehicle. The condition of the semi driver has not been announced. Southbound 23 is still closed as crews work to extricate the vehicles. The State Police have stated that alcohol was not a factor in the crash. (TD)
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