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Semi-truck hits tow truck clearing a previous slide-off

A semi-truck driver has minor injuries after he hit a tow truck and the semi-truck it was towing just after 6 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 70 in Boone County.

According to Highway Patrol troopers, the tow truck and its tow were both stationary emergency vehicles. The driver of the other semi-truck, 65-year-old Teddy Daf, apparently failed to see both vehicles and hit them both.

Daf was wearing a seat belt.

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