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APRIL 25, 2024 • Vol. 4, No. 9
ABOVE: Hadley’s Towing utilizes a rotator truck, along with some heavy-duty wreckers, to turn the overturned semitruck upright. LEFT: Logan McClure, a crew member from Hadley’s Towing, works to clear debris from the scene.
An overturned semitruck is seen in the ditch along eastbound Interstate 96 near Beck Road as emergency services come to evaluate the situation April 18. Photos provided by Hadley’s Towing
Heavy-duty tow trucks complete complex recovery of truck Thirteen men, seven heavy-duty tow trucks and a street sweeper were required to clean up the scene following a semitruck crash on eastbound Interstate 96 near Beck Road
and the Suburban Collection Showplace April 18. At 1:25 a.m. April 18, a semitruck driver with a load of about 40,000 pounds of groceries veered off the highway. The truck landed on its side in the ditch on the opposite side of the guardrail. The driver was OK; however, the
work was just beginning for workers at Hadley’s Towing in Novi. Hadley’s employees would spend around 20 hours clearing the debris from the freeway, with work performed in three phases. The initial phase where the scene was secured took place from 1:30 to 6:30 a.m. During this time,
the tow truck company pumped the remaining fuel from the tractor and pulled the truck to a better location to be able to turn it upright. “We dispatched a few trucks, went out there, started to tackle the scene. There was some hazmat situations. I guess there was a fuel See TRUCK on page 4A
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BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com