Mar 23, 2021

Driver hospitalized after semi strikes bridge in NW Missouri

Posted Mar 23, 2021 9:00 AM

ATCHISON COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 6p.m. Monday in Atchison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Freightliner driven by Pat E. Akridge, 61, Utica, IN., was southbound on Interstate 29 seven miles north of Watson.

The vehicle traveled the west side off the road, struck a guardrail, returned to the road, traveled off the east side of the road and the drivers side of the vehicle struck a bridge.

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