Smoke and steam. Firefighters quench burning tanker rig after rollover near rural Chippewa Valley junction. Images: Buffalo County sheriff
Driver pulled to safety just in time
DURAND, Wis. — A truck and semi-trailer overtured, the cab exploding in flames, at a sharp curve on a remote Buffalo County road between Durand and Nelson. Two passing motorists rescued the driver from the cab. He was taken nine miles to the Durand hospital. The driver’s name was not released immediately by Buffalo County Sheriff Michael Osmond. The accident was about 8:30 a.m. at County Road F and County Road JJ in the extreme west of the county. The truck was hauling manure.
In southbound ditch. The drive was westbound, failed to negotiate curve.