Truck hauling 44,000 lbs of Nutella overturns

Monday, a semi-tractor trailer hauling 44,000 pounds of Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread crashed near the Michigan/Indiana state line on I-95.

Trooper Paul Arnold responded to the single-vehicle rollover crash at the 45-mile marker at approximately 9:29 p.m.

A 2003 Freightliner pulling a box trailer, owned by Rockford Carrier out of London, Ontario, driven by Chuhar Singh was westbound on I-94 when Singh stated a car in front of him “slammed on his brakes”.  This caused Singh to brake hard and steer left. He then lost control and left the roadway to the north before coming back across all westbound lanes and striking the concrete median barrier wall headon. This caused the tractor and trailer to overturn. As it overturned, the tractor went over the barrier wall onto the inside shoulder of eastbound I-94.  The trailer stayed on the west bound side blocking all three west bound lanes of traffic.

Singh was not injured and westbound lanes of traffic were closed for approximately two and a half hours with traffic being diverted off in Michigan. 

The crash also resulted in the semi losing approximately 150 gallons of diesel in the median. 

The trailer was eventually moved to the shoulder where it will have to be offloaded today.