MONTPELIER — Highway 30 from Montpelier to the Wyoming border reopened Friday morning after being closed for several hours while wreckage was cleaned up at the scene of a crash involving a semi hauling a massive wind turbine blade, according to the Idaho Transportation Department.

The highway was closed from 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for the cleanup effort, according to ITD.

The semi transporting the blade crashed on Highway 30 in the Border Summit area on Monday when the rear wheels of the trailer caught the soft shoulder of the road, causing the semi to leave the roadway and overturn, according to the Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office. The driver of the semi was not injured but was transported to a local hospital as a precaution following the crash.

Authorities have been spending the time since the wreck coming up with a plan to finish the cleanup of the accident scene, including the removal of the massive wind turbine blade.

The wind turbine blade was being transported by NexGen Transportation of Alberta, Canada, at the time of the crash.

Friday’s final cleanup of the crash scene was conducted by NexGen, the Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office, ITD and Wyoming Department of Transportation.

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