10:49 a.m.  US 183 on the north edge of Hays is open again after a morning mishap with large bales of hay. According to Hays Police, “A semi truck carrying an unsecured load of large hay bales lost several that temporarily blocked the highway. Hays Public Works Department staff pushed the bales from the road.”

Nobody was injured. The semi truck driver was apparently unaware he had lost the bales. Law enforcement did contact him near Plainville. Additional efforts by the owner and or truck driver to clean up the bales started  at 11:10 a.m.

 

8:39 a.m. A semi truck carrying hay has lost large round bales on US 183  at the north edge of Hays. Lanes are blocked.  We will report additional details as they become available.