Callaway County wreck sends tow truck driver to hospital after being hit on side of road

KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a wreck on westbound Interstate 70 at the 151-mile marker.

Officials with Troop F report the crash involved a tow truck driver.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states that a Lexus RT traveling westbound traveled onto the shoulder and hit the Toyota Highlander being loaded onto a vehicle to be towed away.

The tow truck driver, Ryan Brewer, 25, was putting the wench on the Highlander when the crash occurred.

Brewer was hit due to the crash.

Brewer was taken by MU Air to University Hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the Lexus, Matthew Link, 32, was taken to University Hospital by ambulance.