JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — A trucker is nursing minor injuries after a crash in Missouri on Interstate 55.
A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) stated the single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 2:20 p.m. on Thursday just south of Imperial Main Street in Jefferson County.
According to the MSHP report, a 2019 Volvo VNL driven by a 55-year-old man from Mission, Texas was traveling northbound on Interstate 55, and veered off the highway on the right side, struck a guardrail, continued down an embankment, and struck a tree.
The MSHP report stated that the driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital. There was no word on what caused the driver to veer off the road.
The crash remains under investigation.
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