MENOMINEE, Mich. (WTAQ) - Highway M-35 is back open after a gas tanker rolled over early Saturday. It led to evacuations in Menominee County Michigan. Officials say a Klemm Trucking tanker crashed and rolled over around 4:15 a.m. on M-35 at Evergreen Road, north of Menominee.
2 homes on Evergreen Road and 6 houses on M-35 had to be evacuated. Families were allowed back into their homes around 12:15 p.m. Sheriff Kenny Marks says the tanker spill about 200 gallons of gas before the leak was contained. The highway reopened about 2 p.m. Saturday.
Veolia Environmental Services of Green Bay were on scene to help the cleanup effort. The driver of the tanker received minor injuries and has been released from the hospital.
