Woman seriously injured in Phelps County crash

A medical helicopter is seen Thursday, June 12, 2025, in the eastbound lane of Interstate 44 in Phelps County after a woman was seriously injured in a crash. She was flown to University Hospital in Columbia, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. — Doolittle Fire Protection District

By Ryan Shiner

Published June 12, 2025 4:23 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 45-year-old Rolla woman was seriously injured in a crash Thursday afternoon in Phelps County at the 175-mile marker of eastbound Interstate 44, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The single-vehicle crash occurred as the 2020 Toyota Tacoma went off the right side of the road, the report says. The woman was flown to University Hospital in Columbia. The report says she was not wearing a seatbelt.

The Doolittle Fire Protection District wrote on its Facebook page that the truck rolled about 200 feet down a steep embankment.

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