Truck rollover causes big traffic jam at Minneapolis airport

Traffic is backed up at the airport due to an accident.
An accident near the Minneapolis St Paul International Airport is backing up traffic around the airport on July 12, 2017.
Maria Alejandra Cardona | MPR News

Updated: 1:08 p.m. | Posted: 11:18 a.m.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has given the all-clear after a truck rollover caused major traffic tie-ups Wednesday morning.

Airport spokesperson Melissa Scovronski says a construction truck with a boom that had not been lowered rolled over on the outbound roadway at the main terminal Wednesday morning.

Scovronski said the truck driver was alert and talking as he was taken to the hospital, but his injuries and condition are unknown.