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A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of "compressed seafood waste" drifted off the road and crash into a stand of trees, closing U.S. 26 for several hours. The driver suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

(Oregon State Police)

Updated at 3:13: The Oregon Department of Transportation reports that all lanes have reopened.

One lane of U.S. 26 west of Manning has reopened following a Sunday morning semi-truck crash that injured the driver and closed the highway for several hours.

Traffic is being flagged through while workers clean the 40,000 pounds of "compressed seafood waste" the truck was carrying.

The crash was reported just after 7 a.m. Sunday near milepost 35, in the Coast Range about 12 miles west of Manning. The Oregon State Police said a commercial truck traveling east went off the right shoulder and crashed into several trees.

The driver, whose identity is not yet being released, was seriously injured and taken by ambulance to Timber Junction, where a LifeFlight helicopter took him to Oregon Health & Science University hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening, police said.

The Oregon Department of Transportation had marked a detour in both directions, but suggests travelers headed to and from the coast use U.S. 30 or the Wilson River Highway as an alternate route.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

-- Elliot Njus