Semi-truck driver, officers released from hospital after fiery crash in Canton

Six police officers and a semi-truck driver have been released from a local hospital after a fiery crash involving a car and a semi-truck Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Ford Road and Haggerty Road, near Interstate 275, in Canton.

Investigators say an SUV was traveling southbound on Haggerty Road in the northbound lane at a high rate of speed when it collided with a semi-truck turning into the northbound lane off Ford Road, striking the fuel tank of the semi-truck, igniting a fire, and trapping passengers inside the SUV.

Three occupants of the SUV are still hospitalized with serious injuries, police said…

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