BATES TOWNSHIP, MI— No one was injured when a box truck rolled over in Bates Township Monday night.
The Iron County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened around 6:50 p.m. on US-2 near Sunset Lake Road.
A 25-year-old man from Norway was driving a Ryder box truck east when the vehicle left the road on the right. It hit several mailboxes and a driveway embankment, then reentered the highway, overturned, and came to rest on its side at the intersection.
The truck driver was not injured. Police cited him for driving without due care and caution.
Deputies were assisted by the Michigan State Police Iron Mountain Post, the Iron River Police Department, Iron County Central Dispatch, Aspirus EMS, the West Iron County Fire Department, and the U.P. Truck Center.
