WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — Workers are cleaning a 'small amount' of gas that leaked into Pine Lake after a semi-truck overturned on Monday evening, the West Bloomfield Chief of Police tells us.
Chopper 7 shows workers cleaning gas leak on Pine Lake
The crash happened just before 6:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield, between Seminary and Indian Trail on Orchard Lake road, an area with many curves in the road.
Chief Dale Young told us that no one was hospitalized in the crash, but the driver of the semi, 42, did suffer a minor leg contusion. He also said that there are no indications that drugs and/or alcohol played a factor in the crash.
We're told that the rear tires of the truck slid on the dirt, causing the driver to drive off the road and into the lake. The West Bloomfield fire department recovered the driver, who was sitting on top of the truck when they arrived.
