Traffic slows on I-70 after tractor-trailer turns over into median, driver has ‘significant injuries’
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says an Odessa man was seriously injured Wednesday evening after a crash on Interstate 70 in Cooper County.
Christopher Wanager, 62, was driving a 2005 Freightliner Columbia westbound when it went off the left side of the road and hit the median cable barrier. The tractor-trailer then went into the passing eastbound lane and hit the median cable barrier a second time, the report says.
Wanager was taken by ambulance to University Hospital with serious injuries. He was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Both passing lanes on Interstate 70 at mile marker 112 in Cooper County were closed Wednesday after the tractor-trailer turned over into the median.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote on its X page that the passing lanes were blocked as first responders worked.
Lt. William Johnson of the Cooper County Fire Protection District. Johnson said that the driver had to be pull from the vehicle.
Eastbound lanes were reopened around 10:10 p.m. after the tractor and trailer were towed. The westbound lanes reopened at 10:45 p.m. after crews cleared the road.
🚨Crash Blocking I-70 @ THE 112MM🚨
— MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF) August 29, 2024
Troopers are investigating an injury crash involving an overturned tractor trailer blocking the passing lane on eastbound I-70, at the 112 MM, in Cooper County.
Traffic is quickly backing up. Please be careful when traveling through the area. pic.twitter.com/1zMGvkgNwy
