{"id":348323,"date":"2026-06-05T18:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348323\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:13:08","slug":"priority-waste-truck-crashes-into-guardrail-tips-over-in-oakland-township","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348323\/","title":{"rendered":"Priority Waste truck crashes into guardrail, tips over in Oakland Township"},"content":{"rendered":"

The incident follows ongoing complaints from PW customers about missed and delayed trash pickups.<\/p>\n

A Priority Waste truck that tipped over in Oakland County on June 5, 2026. (WDIV)<\/p>\n

A Priority Waste garbage truck crashed into a guardrail on Friday while attempting to navigate a turn in Oakland Township, coming to rest on its side.<\/p>\n

The accident occurred at the intersection of W Snell and Orion roads. It\u2019s not yet clear whether injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n

The Oakland County Sheriff\u2019s Office and emergency personnel are on the scene to assist. <\/p>\n

News of the crash comes amid ongoing complaints<\/a> from Priority Waste customers throughout Metro Detroit about missed and delayed trash pickups, leaving some neighborhoods with trash sitting curbside for days and prompting a new apology<\/a> from the company.<\/p>\n

Check back for updates as the story develops.<\/p>\n

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About the AuthorJenny Sherman headshotJenny Sherman<\/a><\/p>\n

Jenny Sherman is a digital news producer for ClickOnDetroit and a Michigan State University alumna. She has worked as a reporter and editor in various metro Detroit newsrooms for more than a decade, including for WDET – Detroit Public Radio, The Oakland Press, Macomb Daily, Planet Detroit, Metro Parent and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident follows ongoing complaints from PW customers about missed and delayed trash pickups. A Priority Waste truck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,115731,1492,133613],"class_list":["post-348323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-priority-waste","tag-public-safety","tag-vehicle-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}