Medical emergency kills driver of box truck hauling for Postal Service

ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ)

A box truck that was hauling items for the U.S. Postal Service crashed near Ashland on Wednesday after the driver suffered a medical emergency, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The truck went off the Route H on-ramp from Highway 63, between Ashland and Columbia Regional Airport. The medical emergency, which troopers didn't specify, was the cause of death, not the crash, said MSHP Sgt. Gentry Pemberton.

An MSHP spokesman told ABC 17 News in an email that the driver is from California, Missouri, and next-of-kin have been notified.

A tow truck was on the scene to move the box truck.