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WEDNESDAY MORNING INVOLVING A
SEMI-TRUCK TANKER AND A
CAR...STOPPED TRAFFIC IN THE
AREA FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
THE CHEYBOYGAN COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT WERE DISPATCHED TO AN
ACCIDENT ON M-68 NEAR EAST TOWER
ROAD IN FOREST TOWNSHIP AROUND 9
A-M YESTERDAY MORNING.
POLICE SAY A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA
WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON M-68
AT EAST TOWER ROAD WHEN DRIVER
MELISSA SKIDMORE, FROM FOREST
TOWNSHIP, LOST CONTROL AND
CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO THE
PATH OF THE EAST BOUND TANKER.
THE TANKER DRIVEN BY STEFAN
SMITH FROM HOUGHTON LAKE
COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE
SPLITTING THE CAR IN TWO.
THE SEMI TRUCK THEN ROLLED ONTO
ITS RIGHT SIDE SLIDING DOWN M-68
FOR 200 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A
STOP.
THE TANKER WAS HAULING
APPROXIMATELY 10 THOUSAND POUNDS
OF LIQUID PROPANE THAT WAS
SAFELY TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER
TANKER.
BOTH DRIVERS WERE TAKEN TO
MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN
HOSPITAL AND ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER.
AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE
ROADS WERE SLICK AND POLICE SAY
ALCOHOL MAY HAVE PLAYED A
FACTOR.
M-68 WAS CLOSED FOR OVER 12
HOURS.
THE SCENE WAS FNALLY CLEARED
JUST AFTER 10 PM.