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Tractor trailer crashed into the woods off I-44 east near the weigh station, 2.8 MM, January 11, 2023.
Taken standing on shoulder of I-44 high above the crash at 2.8 MM eastbound.
Reporter
Tractor trailer crashed into the woods off I-44 east near the weigh station, 2.8 MM, January 11, 2023.
Tractor trailer crash off I-44 into the woods at weigh station, January 11, 2023.
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NEWTON COUNTY, Mo. – About 1:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, January 11, 2023, reports along I-44 east at 2.8 MM of a tractor trailer crash alerted Newton County Central Dispatch and Missouri State Highway Patrol.
On scene we learn an eastbound tractor trailer was approaching the weigh station, made contact with another vehicle and the tractor trailer took a hard right going off-road, down a steep ravine, into the woods.
The driver suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital.
Amazingly the tractor and trailer remained upright and the and load remained intact.
We are told the tractor trailer made contact with a second vehicle, a 10-wheeler truck. It remained on the highway in the crash. It was not on scene as we had arrived much later, it had already been towed.
Taken standing on shoulder of I-44 high above the crash at 2.8 MM eastbound.
MoDOT Emergency Response remained on scene until about 8:15 p.m. as the crash was moved further into the woods for tow.
Santa Fe Towing removed the crashed tractor trailer by taking it south through the wooded area to nearby Cedar Drive, so traffic into Missouri along I-44 east was affected only a short time right after the crash.
We will update this article with more details from Missouri State Highway Patrol as they are made available. Click here to sign up for our JLNews email alerts so you don’t miss an article.
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Reporter
Shannon Becker was born and raised in Joplin and began in radio before graduating from Joplin Senior High in 1990. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Missouri Southern State University (1994). Before launching Joplin News First in 2017, he worked in television and radio, overlapping a career in the music industry. He worked with major music artists for 20 years, garnering gold and platinum records to his credit. He comes to KOAM 7 News Now-CBS/FOX (Morgan-Murphy Media) with more than 30 years in media and entertainment. He previously worked for KOAM. He has five children and two grandchildren.
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