{"id":17652,"date":"2025-01-03T10:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T10:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/overheight-semi-truck-causes-chain-reaction-crash-beneath-michigan-overpass\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T10:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T10:11:52","slug":"overheight-semi-truck-causes-chain-reaction-crash-beneath-michigan-overpass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/overheight-semi-truck-causes-chain-reaction-crash-beneath-michigan-overpass\/","title":{"rendered":"Overheight semi truck causes chain-reaction crash beneath Michigan overpass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_84\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>A semi truck crashed into a low overpass on Tuesday, causing a chain-reaction crash involving three other vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened on December 31st at about 9:45 a.m. in Dorr Township, Michigan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodtv.com\/news\/allegan-county\/nb-us-131-closed-near-dorr-due-to-multivehicle-crash\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2zPk2Q5adrMZ85o7LMeGLUEKJPgHIh_JIRXcQn-qhU12Ft-jQ3t8RALN8_aem_ULmZiqS07iKA_049YesNCg\">Wood 8<\/a>, a semi truck tried to pass beneath the 144th Avenue overpass on US 131 but was over the height limit. The collision caused a chain reaction crash with three other vehicles, including a box truck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only minor injuries were reported in the crash, but the roadway remained closed until about 2:45 p.m. that afternoon for cleanup and investigation of the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Falleganroads%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0313ZUMDr4Y3ftz3kcwenNpiQXuPKXvWK68bWwPeGwkwYNxw9UMrTJ87sSEEiqt8Prl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"170\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 144th Avenue overpass has been closed until further noticed after being structurally compromised during the crash.<\/p>\n<p>No further information has been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"nxs-video-iframe\" data-frame-src=\"https:\/\/cdllife.com\/2025\/overheight-semi-truck-causes-chain-reaction-crash-beneath-michigan-overpass\/10334245\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" layout=\"responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/redir1.woodtv.com\/nxs-video-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\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"> <\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdllife.com\/2025\/overheight-semi-truck-causes-chain-reaction-crash-beneath-michigan-overpass\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A semi truck crashed into a low overpass on Tuesday, causing a chain-reaction crash involving three other vehicles.\u00a0 The accident happened on December 31st at about 9:45 a.m. in Dorr Township, Michigan.\u00a0 According to Wood 8, a semi truck tried to pass beneath the 144th Avenue overpass on US 131 but was over the height&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}