Jun 24, 2020

Driver hospitalized after truck's tire blows

Posted Jun 24, 2020 1:11 AM

HOLT COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 2:30p.m. Tuesday in Holt County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Volvo semi driven by Ronnie Johnson, 60, Charlotte, NC, was northbound on Interstate 29 seven miles south of Mound City.

The vehicle's front passenger tire blew. The truck traveled off the road, overturned and struck a treet.

Atchison-Holt ambulance transported Johnson to Fairfax Community Hospital. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.