Snowplow comes to the rescue, after semi tips and spills corn along Minnesota highway
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There may be snow for plowing in parts of the region on Thursday — but on Wednesday, it was spilled corn that needed clearing from a southern Minnesota highway.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation said crews used a snowplow to clear that spill after a truck overturned on a freeway on-ramp.
It happened just after 7 a.m. along U.S. Highway 52 just north of Rochester. MnDOT said a truck rounding the on-ramp from 75th Street Northwest onto southbound Highway 52 tipped over and spilled its cargo of corn.
The southbound lanes reopened at about 10:30 a.m., after a closure of several hours during the morning commute.
The State Patrol said the driver of the truck, a 42-year-old man from Elgin, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the rollover.
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