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Busy road reopens after semi hits tree; driver hospitalized

Busy road closed after semi hits tree; driver hospitalized Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (Douglas Sacha/Getty Images)
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LOGAN COUNTY — A busy road has reopened after a semi hit a tree early Thursday morning.

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Sheriff’s deputies responded at around 1:40 a.m. to reports of a semi crash on U.S. 33 near State Route 347, according to Logan County Dispatchers.

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Westbound U.S. 33 was closed near State Route 347 as wreckers removed the semi.

The sheriff’s office announced on social media around 6:30 a.m. that U.S 33 had reopened at State Route 347.

State troopers from the Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) were also at the scene.

Medics transported the driver to an area hospital after a semi hit a tree. Two wreckers are working to clear the semi, dispatchers told News Center 7.

The crash remains under investigation.

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