WOODHULL TWP. — A semi truck aflame and an ensuing diesel spill led to an environmental cleanup and closed Eastbound I-69 for nearly five hours Wednesday afternoon.
The incident occurred just east of Woodbury Road, with traffic directed off the Woodbury Road exit near Laingsburg in western Shiawassee County.
Michigan State Police Flint Post Sergeant Jacob Donahue said early indications point towards a brake malfunction as the culprit, but the fire’s cause is still under investigation.
Shiawassee County Sheriff Doug Chapman said the Sheriff’s Department responded after receiving a call from dispatch at about noon on Wednesday. The highway re-opened at approximately 5 p.m.
Donahue and Chapman both confirmed there were no injuries or fatalities.
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Again, why can’t Shiawassee Central Dispatch send out a text notification that the road was closed so I could have been given the chance to find an alternative route instead of setting still for a heck of a long time. This type of ineptness seems to run rampant with the Commissioners and Sheriff’s Department.
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