No injuries and no leaks reported.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 1:10 p.m.
Read more: Local, Chassell, Houghton County, Tanker, Fuel
CHASSELL TOWNSHIP -- A driver asleep at the wheel drove a fully-loaded fuel truck off US-41 in Chassell at around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.
The tanker ended up several hundred feet into the woods. No one was injured and the truck only sustained minor damage.
It did take crews three hours to get the tanker back on the road. Traffic was stopped in both directions for nearly 30 minutes as the truck was removed.
The Houghton County Sheriff's Department and the Chassell Fire Department responded to the scene.
Things were cleaned up by 10:30 the same morning.
