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1 dead in semi-trailer accident on US-131 near Rockford

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) – A tractor-trailer driver was killed in a crash on U.S. 131 near Rockford Friday evening.

At approximately 11:50 p.m., Michigan State Police troopers were dispatched to a crash on US-131 southbound south of 10 Mile Road NE.


Police learned that a tractor-trailer traveling south had left the road and crossed into the median and a dense wooded area.

MSP said the driver, a 51-year-old man from the Mesick area, died at the scene.

Police do not believe alcohol was a contributing factor.

The crash remains under investigation.