Traverse City Record-Eagle

Cheboygan County

January 25, 2008

Salt truck overturns in Cheboygan County

CHEBOYGAN -- A freightliner hauling road salt overturned in a Cheboygan County ditch.

Emergency responders were called around 12:20 p.m. Wednesday to a traffic wreck that happened when Jerry William Guy, 57, of Ossineke, was driving the salt truck west on Levering Road in Hebron Township. He apparently did not notice a stopped vehicle that was waiting to turn onto Hielman Road and was unable to stop in time.

The driver opted for the ditch to avoid a collision and the salt truck overturned. He received minor injuries, but medical treatment was not needed.

Guy was cited for driving too fast for conditions, said Sgt. Rick Miller of the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department.

Traffic was redirected for more than three hours while the heavy truck was set upright and the salt loaded into another vehicle, Miller said.

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