UPDATE 3:12 p.m. – An accident involving two semis blocked traffic at a busy south-side intersection Wednesday afternoon.

Sgt. Chris McBane with the St. Joseph Police Department said one semi was northbound on 59 highway and another was eastbound on Alabama around 2 p.m.

“The semi on Alabama pulled out and hit the side of the other trailer causing the semi on 59 highway to overturn onto its side and lose its load of hay-bales,” McBane said.

The driver of the overturned semi was a 34-year-old man from Wisconsin.  He was taken to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of minor injuries.

The driver of the other semi was a 73-year-old man from Drexel, Mo.  McBane said the Drexel man was issued a ticket for failing to yield.

At 3:18 p.m. the roadway near Lake Avenue and Alabama streets was still closed while tow trucks worked to remove the semis.