A semi truck tips over, with a large load of scrapped cars, shutting down a busy highway during rush hour.

It happened at the intersection of Hwy 53 and Hwy 29 in Chippewa County. The truck that flipped over is the fifth one to topple on a ramp between the highways since the intersection opened.

It seems to be a common sight in Chippewa County: A semi tipped on its side.

“It seems to be the heavy, large vehicles are losing control and rolling around,” says Lake Hallie Police Chief Gale Haas. “This is the fifth one since it opened two years ago."

Last month, it was green beans, this time, crushed cars covered the road.

"A semi unit hauling salvage cars was coming around the corner,” says Sgt. Mike Melgaard with the State Patrol

Melgaard says the State Patrol is still investigating if the driver was going too fast, but says the cleanup process is never a quick one

"It’s going to be a long process,” he says. “There's a lot of weight involved."

Haas says after five tipped trucks, something has to change; he's just not sure what.

"They've put up signage and lowered the ramp speed. From that end I don't know what else can be done," Haas says.

But when it comes to taking the curve, he says drivers can help the cause.

"Keep an eye on traffic and please abide by the posted speeds," Haas says.

The Chief says in those five crashes, there's been a lot of property damage, but luckily not a lot of injuries. Sgt. Melgaard says Monday’s tipped truck could've been a lot worse.

"It' could've been anyone's fate to be over there. Thank goodness nobody was,” Melgaard says. “The timing was right, the phase of the moon is right and everything fell into place for a one vehicle accident.

The highway was shut down for about an hour and a half so crews could get everything cleaned up. Sgt. Melgaard says the State Patrol wanted to wait for rush hour traffic to die down before detouring everyone.