UNION COUNTY, Ohio — A driver was hospitalized after a semi-truck carrying 34,000 pounds of lithium batteries overturned Thursday morning.
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Around 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) Troopers with the Marysville Post were dispatched to State Route 4 near the intersection of State Route 161 in Union County on reports of a crash.
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The preliminary investigation revealed that a semi-truck, operated by 31-year-old Mohamed Lemine Cheikh of Hilliard, was traveling southbound on SR-4 near the intersection of SR-161.
Cheikh failed to maintain control of his vehicle while negotiating a curve and traveled off the left side of the road, striking a utility pole, and overturned.
Cheikh was taken to Dublin Methodist Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The semi-truck was loaded with approximately 34,000 pounds of lithium automobile batteries at the time of the crash, all of which remained inside the trailer, according to the OSHP.
SR-4 was shut down for several hours while crews worked on the scene, but it reopened at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening.
The crash remains under investigation.
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