Busy road closed after semi hits tree; driver hospitalized
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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 is currently closed near State Route 347, the sheriff's office wrote on social media.
State troopers from the Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) have assisted in closing the road.
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.
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