An accident this morning involving two tractor trailers and a Chevrolet Silverado resulted in minor injuries to two Truesdale employees.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol traffic crash report, a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia tractor trailer was traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 near mile marker 195.2 around 8:45 a.m. Thursday morning when it traveled off the roadway, and then returned to the roadway striking the right side of another tractor trailer. The vehicle then traveled off the roadway, overturned and traveled for some distance before striking a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado owned by the city of Truesdale and occupied by two city employees.
Truesdale Mayor Jerry Cannon said he was at the crash scene shortly after it happened. He said there was a city vehicle occupied by two city employees who were out at the Heritage Hills subdivision. He said the semi truck slid on its side across the service road and hit the city vehicle coming out of the subdivision. Cannon said the crash caused significant damage to the city’s truck, but that both occupants were okay following the accident.
According to the crash report, both Truesdale employees were transported by Warren County Ambulance District to SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis with minor injuries. The driver of the 2021 Freightliner was transported by Warren County Ambulance District to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis with serious injuries.
