The American Township Fire Department was called out just before 2 a.m. to a tractor-trailer that crashed through a guard rail into a ditch near the river at U.S. 30 mile marker 7. The truck was heading east when it went off the right side of the highway. Fire officials say about 75 gallons of diesel fuel leaked out with some getting into the Ottawa River. 100-foot of booms were placed in and around the river to contain the fuel.

Some local truckers rolled into Columbus on Friday to protest numerous issues that the state has placed on them, including a proposed increased tax on diesel fuel. Local truckers met up in Beaverdam, to join others in London, Ohio to participate in a slow rolling protest to Columbus. The protest is to raise awareness of the issues within the trucking industry.