Rollover crash closes U.S. 95
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 10 years, 5 months AGO
<p>A tractor trailer with a load of wood chips rests on its side across all four lanes of U.S. 95 after rolling over near Cougar Bay Wednesday while trailing southbound. Traffic was diverted to the shoulder of the highway and along a nearby dirt road while crews investigated.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - All lanes of traffic on U.S. 95 were blocked for more than three hours Wednesday afternoon after a chip truck rolled.
At 1:09 p.m., Nicholas Turner was driving a Peterbuilt wood chip truck southbound on Highway 95 when he failed to negotiate a curve. According to a press release from the Idaho State Police, the vehicle overturned and blocked the highway.
Debris created from the contents of the chip truck littered the highway and personnel from multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene.
The Idaho Transportation Department was at the scene of the accident, slowly ferrying traffic around the vehicle. Turner, 27, was uninjured in the accident and was wearing his seatbelt when the vehicle overturned.
