Apr 25, 2021

Driver hospitalized after semi travels downs embankment

Posted Apr 25, 2021 2:00 AM

BUCHANAN COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 6p.m. Saturday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Freightliner semi driven by Raymond J. Ellis, 42, Madison, Florida, was northbound on Interstate 29 one half mile south of St. Joseph.

The semi traveled off the west side of the road, crossed the entrance ramp from Interstate 229 to Interstate 29, struck a guardrail and continued down an embankment.

Buchanan County EMS transported Ellis to Mosaic Life Care. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.