PHELPS COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 8a.m. Sunday in Phelps County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Kenworth semi driven by Mohamed D. Aden, 25, Clarkston, Georgia, was westbound on Interstate 44 just east of Route F.
The vehicle traveled off the road and collided with another tractor trailer that had been left in the median from an earlier accident. Aden was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the county coroner. St. James ambulance transported passenger Adow G. Hassen, 25, Clarkston, Georgia to Phelps Health. Hassen was not properly restrained, according to the MSHP.