Jan 21, 2020

Driver hospitalized after semi strikes pickup

Posted Jan 21, 2020 9:28 PM

DAVIESS COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 11:30a.m. Tuesday in Daviess County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Ford F150 driven by Jonathan I. Peterson, 44, Idianola, IA., was southbound on Interstate 35 one mile north of Pattonsburg.

The vehicle traveled into the median, struck an embankment, became airborne into the northbound lanes of the interstate. A 2020 Kenworth semi driven by Troy L. Holt, 53, Lena, LA., struck the towed unit of the Ford.

NTA transported Holt to Harrison County Community Hospital. Peterson was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.