HOWARD, WI (WTAQ) – Authorities say after being closed for more than seven hours Monday, a stretch of Interstate 41 in Howard has reopened to traffic.
Brown County Sheriff’s officials say that happened after a semi-truck crashed and became engulfed in flames just before 6 a.m. on southbound I-41 at Velp Avenue.
The driver of the semi says he was hauling mail from Kingsford Michigan to Green Bay. He told deputies that he was in the right hand lane, and as he approached Velp Avenue, vehicles were crowding the center line, so he moved to the right to avoid them.
The truck’s passenger side front tire struck the concrete barriers at the top of the ramp, causing the semi to ride up the barriers and tip over. The semi then started on fire.
Upon arrival, first responders helped the driver out of the cab. He suffered only minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
