A part of US-131 in Montcalm County was shut down last night following an investigation into a rollover crash involving a tractor trailer and a vehicle. 

 

It happened just before 9:45pm Wednesday, police responded to the area of southbound US-131 near 22 Mile Rd for the report of a semi tractor-trailer that had overturned just north of the overpass.

 

The Montcalm County Sheriff's Office says an investigation revealed that a 2018 Kenworth tractor, being driven by a 51-year-old Hulbert man, was traveling south on US-131 approaching the 22 Mile Road overpass.

 

The tractor was hauling double flatbed trailers loaded with lumber.

 

The driver failed to negotiate the curve and ran off the roadway to the right as the driver attempted to steer the tractor-trailer back onto the roadway. The tractor-trailer continued off of the roadway and overturned, spilling its load, coming to a rest near the overpass embankment. 

 

The driver was taken to Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The driver was believed to have been wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.

 

The crash remains under investigation.