Jefferson City crash closes Highway 54 ramps
![A truck damaged in a crash early Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, on Highway 54 in Jefferson City.](https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2021/12/121621-Crash-with-injury-scaled.jpg)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A single-vehicle crash shut down Highway 54 on- and off-ramps at Missouri Boulevard for two hours early Thursday, police say.
The crash happened a little before 1:30 a.m. when a truck driven by Timothy Reiner, 36, of Tarkio, Missouri, went out of its lane on the on-ramp and crashed into a curb and street sign, the Jefferson City Police Department said in a news release. The truck drove up onto a concrete divider and began to go back onto Highway 54 before hitting the side of a concrete bridge and landing on its side, police say.
The driver was extricated and taken to University Hospital with serious injuries, police say. The crash remained under investigation Thursday.