Semi truck rollover in Midtown Anchorage downs traffic light pole blocking C Street

Updated: June 24, 2022 Published: June 23, 2022

An Anchorage Police Department officer walks to the front of a semi truck that was hauling material on a flatbed trailer as it rests on C Street in Anchorage after it flipped on its side on Thursday. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

A crash in Midtown Anchorage on Thursday morning left a semitrailer on its side and downed a traffic light pole that was blocking C Street.

Minor injuries were reported in the crash between the truck and another vehicle near West Northern Lights Boulevard at 9:04 a.m., police wrote in a statement.

The fallen traffic light pole blocked all lanes of C Street. Debris from the crash surrounded it.

No pedestrians were injured, but it wasn’t immediately known if there were any people in the area when the crash occurred, police spokeswoman Renee Oistad said. The cause of the crash had not been determined, Oistad said.

Crews work to clear a fallen light post from the intersection of C Street and Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage after it was struck by traffic. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

A man walks onto C Street in Anchorage to get a closer look at a semi truck that was hauling material on a flatbed trailer that flipped on its side. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

Crews work to clear a wrecked semi from the intersection of C Street and Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage on Thursday. (Megan Pacer / ADN)

Tess Williams

Tess Williams is a reporter focusing on breaking news and public safety. Before joining the ADN in 2019, she was a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota. Contact her at twilliams@adn.com.