May 01, 2021

Driver hospitalized after semi crash

Posted May 01, 2021 8:00 AM

HOLT COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 9:30p.m. Friday in Holt County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Peterbilt semi driven by Alan B. Leonard, 57, Sutherland, IA., was  northbound on Interstate 29 six miles south of Mound City.

The semi traveled off the west side of the road, struck an emergency crossover, went airborne, struck the ground and came to rest in the median.

Atchison-Holt ambulance transported Leonard to Mosaic Life Care. He  was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.