Logging Truck Loses Its Load And Causes Accident

A close call happened this week on an Upper Peninsula road when a logging truck lost its load.  The accident happened Monday shortly after 3pm on County Road 550 near Eagle Nest Road in Marquette County.

According to the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office, the logging truck, owned by a McInerney Logging Company and driven by 22-year-old Corey McInerney of Escanaba, was headed southbound when the rear pup trailers malfunctioned, releasing the load.

A pickup truck, driven by 49-year-old Randall Bullock of Big Bay, was traveling northbound.  Bullock saw the truck leaning and beginning to lose its load.  He tried to stop, but was unable to avoid the falling logs, and drove on top of a few, with other logs hitting the front of his truck.  Bullock was uninjured, but his truck was heavily damaged and was towed from the scene.

McInerney was able to stop his truck and return to load the spilled logs back onto the trailer.  He was later cited for an insecure load.

County Road 550 was temporarily reduced to one lane for about an hour during cleanup and the investigation.