Stearns County Semi Crash
On Wednesday morning at 8:53, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding an over-turned semi and trailer on Mapleview Road, just north of the T-intersection of County Road 40. Upon arrival, deputies located a 2018 Kenworth semi-truck with a tanker trailer tipped on its passenger side in the west ditch of Mapleview Road.
The truck was registered to Krain Transportation of Freeport. Approximately 55,000 pounds, or 6400 gallons of milk, were loaded in the tanker trailer, some of which were leaking out the top hatch. Deputies identified and spoke to the driver – 24-year-old Joshua Kulzer of Melrose. Kulzer said he was driving southbound on Mapleview Road when the tires of the tanker trailer got too close to the shoulder of the road. The tires caught the softer portion of the shoulder and pulled the rest of the truck off the roadway and it eventually over-turned. Kulzer was not injured. Albany Fire & Rescue assisted at the scene.
