Mar 26, 2025

Missouri man killed, teen injured after semi overturns

Posted Mar 26, 2025 12:30 AM

GREENE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 2:30p.m. Monday in Greene County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2018 Peterbilt semi driven by a 26-year-old Joplin man was westbound on Interstate 44 two miles east of Halltown.

The vehicle experienced a tire defect. The driver overcorrected and the vehicle overturned in the median.

The driver was pronounced at the scene. Air Care transported an 18-year-old female passenger to Mercy Springfield.  Both were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.  The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.