A Mishawaka woman suffered only a minor neck injury early Sunday morning when her Toyota Prius was hit by a semi truck on I-94 westbound near the County Road 657 overpass in Antwerp Township. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were amazed that she wasn’t badly hurt. Her car had lost power due to a mechanical failure and she came to a stop in the middle of the highway a few minutes after midnight. The truck swerved to try to avoid the car and lost control, hitting a support structure of the bridge. It stopped about 400 yards away and the Michigan Department of Transportation says it did just minor cosmetic damage to the bridge. The Prius had a little bit of contact damage on the entire driver’s side, but nothing major. The semi had a refrigerated trailer full of watermelons.
