ONTONAGON COUNTY, MI-- No injuries were reported, after a semi lost its load of steel beams in Ontonagon County.
Sheriff’s deputies were notified Thursday around 2:30 p.m. of the accident on US-45 near Interior Road, south of Paulding.
Roger Franzen of Merrill, WI was driving the semi tractor-trailer when the steel beams he was carrying shifted and fell off the trailer. They fell onto part of the roadway and in the ditch.
It took multiple tow trucks and heavy equipment several hours to load the beams back onto the trailer.
Franzen was cited for having an unsecured load.
Michigan State Police assisted at the scene.
