Monday, October 17th, 2011 — A Salem milk-truck driver was cited after he crashed his rig, spilling some of the product. Marion County sheriffs deputies said he told them he got distracted reaching for his lunch bag. Around 11:15 a.m., Deputy Aaron West and Reserve Deputy Jason Remmy came upon the truck crash on Jefferson-Marion Rd just south of D Street in Marion. They discovered a 2010 Freightliner,18-wheeler stopped in the roadway. The rear trailer had separated from the tractor and was overturned in the ditch on the side of the road. The trailer contained milk that was spilling into the ditch.