Semi Dumps Load on Highway Exit

A moment of inattention caused a big mess along an area highway this morning The driver of this semi looked away briefly from the off-ramp he was on and ended up rolling his rig onto its side and dumping a truck-full of specialty sunflower seeds all over the embankment Driver Merv Bontrager of Milo North Dakota says it almost seemed like the accident happened in slow motion once the trailer of the rig started tipping over pulling the cab along with it He says it all started as he drove onto the off-ramp from the 2-and-52 bypass on Minot s southeast edge Merv Bontrager Driver I just looked down briefly on the floor where I had thrown a couple of donuts I was going to eat later to see where they had landed got off the pavement it was too late I couldn t bring it back and started going over That s all it took Merv suffered only minor cuts on his knuckles in the accident - although he says it did bruise his ego a bit since it was the first time he s been in an accident he caused He was hauling the specialty sunflowers from a farm near Newburg to an elevator in Pingree when the accident happened