Two people hurt Monday night following crash on I-44 in Pulaski County
EDITOR'S NOTE: The story was corrected to reflect the correct day.
PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Two men were hurt Monday night following a crash in Pulaski County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before 7:25 p.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44 near mile marker 159.6.
vTroopers said a car driven by Marius V. Hook, 62, of O'Fallon, Illinois, hit a concrete wall after he overcorrected while changing lanes. A semi-truck hit Hook's car after the vehicle struck the wall.
Troopers said another semi-truck driven by Ming Yu, 42, of Mira Loma, California, rear-ended the first semi.
Emergency crews took Hook by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach with serious injuries. An ambulance also took Yu to Mercy Hospital in Springfield with serious injuries.
The driver of the first semi-truck involved in the crash wasn't hurt.
According to the highway patrol, Hook and Yu were both wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
