GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A tanker truck is on hearth after crashing on US-131, filling the downtown Grand Rapids sky with black smoke.
The tanker truck was concerned in a single-car crash on southbound US-131 at I-196 close to Exit 86A simply after 8 a.m. Saturday, the Grand Rapids Police Division advised Information 8. No accidents have been reported.
As of 9:20 a.m., the freeway is shutdown in each instructions from Leonard Road NE to Pearl Road because the “totally engulfed” tanker continues to burn. Drivers ought to count on “prolonged closures” whereas first responders work to clear the roadway, the GRPD stated in a launch.
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A number of eyewitness images and movies present a ball of fireplace and thick black smoke rising close to the still-under building Amway Stadium.
A tanker truck caught hearth after crashing on southbound US-131 at I-196 close to Exit 86A Saturday. (Courtesy
A tanker truck caught hearth after crashing on southbound US-131 at I-196 close to Exit 86A Saturday.
A tanker truck caught hearth after crashing on southbound US-131 at I-196 close to Exit 86A Saturday. (Courtesy Scott Damman)
A tanker truck caught hearth after crashing on southbound US-131 at I-196 close to Exit 86A Saturday. (Courtesy Randy Spontack)
A tanker truck caught hearth after crashing on southbound US-131 at I-196 close to Exit 86A Saturday. (Courtesy Abraham Corridor)
Officers stated they don’t but know the reason for the crash and hearth, and it stays underneath investigation.
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