The crash caused a long backup on the freeway Tuesday.
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The man injured when the skid-steer loader he was operating was struck by a semi truck on U.S. 23 south of Ann Arbor Tuesday afternoon was in fair condition at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township Wednesday morning.
The driver of the semi, who was also taken to St. Joe after the crash, was treated and released, said hospital spokeswoman Laura Blodgett.
The crash occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday when the operator of the skid-steer loader was trying to cross the southbound lanes of the freeway south of Interstate 94, said Sgt. Mark Thompson of the Michigan State Police. The impact knocked the operator of the construction vehicle, a 39-year-old man from Hillman, off the vehicle.
The truck driver is a 57-year-old man from Fort Wayne, Ind.
No citations had been issued in the crash as of Wednesday morning, but the operator of the skid-steer loader failed to yield to oncoming traffic when crossing the freeway, Thompson said.
Jim Harmon, director of operations for the Washtenaw County Road Commission, said a contractor had been doing mowing work along U.S. 23 this week.