3/12/13 - Authorities are releasing the name of a Flint-area man killed when a semi-truck hauling scrap metal and pulling two trailers had a tire blowout on US-23, just south of the Livingston County line. State Police Sgt. Mark Thompson with the Brighton Post says 58-year-old James Wallace died Monday afternoon on US-23 near the Whitmore Lake area. Wallace was from Lennon, west of Flint. The crash remains under investigation but Thompson says it appears the truck's left front steering tire blew, causing the driver to lose control and hit a car in the left lane that was next to it. The rear trailer crushed the car. The southbound lanes of US-23 were closed between 6 Mile and North Territorial roads for several hours on Monday afternoon following the fatal crash. (JM)
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