Semi-truck tips, causing traffic disruption on Highway 2 and MN-194

A portion of Highway 2 and MN-194 was closed Monday when a tanker truck tipped over on its side. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation there was an accident just before noon Monday at the Highway 2 roundabout and Highway 194.

There are reports of an overturned semi-truck at US 2 and Saginaw Road and North Jackson Road.

Lt. Jill Frankfurth with the Minnesota State Patrol said the driver of the semi-truck tanker was taking the roundabout from westbound Highway 2 at the interchange with MN-194 when the vehicle overturned. The truck was carrying around 80,000 pounds of propone. The driver reported minor injuries.

A viewer sent in a photo showing a tanker truck tipped on its side infront of the Grand Lake Station.

Other traffic were asked to find an alternate route while the scene was cleared.