Cheese truck crash snags traffic on Interstate 70

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A tractor-trailer loaded with cheese crashed on Interstate 70 westbound on the west side of Boonville on Thursday, closing the road temporarily.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the injury crash happened at the 102-mile marker near the Ashley Road exit in Boonville. Crews were working late Thursday afternoon to clean up the cheese after the crash.

The trailer's walls were destroyed, leaving the cargo visible to passing drivers.

The closed lanes of Interstate 70 were reopened Thursday afternoon, but traffic continued to move slowly through the area at about 5:30 p.m.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says a 2021 Peterbilt DS – driven by a 51-year-old Columbia man – was heading westbound when it traveled off the right side of the roadway and hit a guardrail and bridge pillar.

The man wore a seatbelt and had minor injuries, the report says. He was brought to University Hospital by ambulance. The semi-truck was totaled.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.