The Iron Mountain Fire Department and the Iron Mountain Police Department were dispatched to US-2 at Hamiliton at 5:33 a.m. Monday morning in reference to a traffic crash involving a logging truck.
It was learned that the fully loaded truck was southbound on US-2 failed to negotiate the curve on US-2 near Hamilton.
The logging truck left the roadway, came back onto the road, and then exited the roadway a second time coming to a stop.
Two power poles, one stop sign, a manhole as well as a telephone pedestal were all destroyed as a result of the accident.
The logging truck sustained heavy damage and was leaking diesel fuel as a result of the crash.
The spilled diesel fuel was contained by the Iron Mountain Fire Department and the remainder of the fuel in the tank was offloaded into a 55-gallon drum.
The 41-year-old man from Rhinelander, Wisconsin was not injured in the traffic crash.
As a result of the crash, US-2 will be down to just two lanes of travel for the time being while the investigation and clean-up is completed.
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