NDHP1Valley City (CSi) The NDDOT reports that eastbound traffic on I-94 in Valley City was  temporarily reduced to one lane, on Wednesday afternoon, with the speed reduced to 45 mph.

The lane closure was at mile marker 293 near the Winter Show Arena.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that, a semi hauling barley operated by 54 year old Terry Johnson of Sanborn,  ran off the right hand side of the roadway and struck the bridge rail on Interstate 94 in Valley City Wednesday afternoon around 1:12-pm,  causing significant damage to the steel and concrete bridge rail,  with the rig comming to rest facing southeast in the south ditch on its wheels.

Johnson was not injured.

Several bushels of barley spilled out of the trailer and into the ditch after the trailer nearly ripped into two pieces after the crash, and was totaled.

The cause of the crash is under investigation with the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Assisting  the NDHP, at the scene were the Valley City Police Department, and ND Department of Transportation.