Tractor-trailer driver dies after driving into construction zone

A tractor-trailer driver died Saturday in Wood County when he drove his truck around road closed signs and into an inactive construction zone, the county sheriff’s office said.

Michael Ivorsen, 56, of Jordan, Minn., crashed into a Caterpillar excavator that was parked protecting a cut across the roadway, said Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn. The truck then went off the left side of the road and into the median.

The crash happened at 8:08 p.m. on State Rt. 420 between State Rt. 163 and Truman Road in Troy Township.

Mr. Ivorsen, who did not appear to be wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene. Impairment was not suspected in the crash, the sheriff said.