Sep 01, 2024

Driver hospitalized in St. Joe after violent truck crash

Posted Sep 01, 2024 2:00 PM

GENTRY COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 1a.m. Sunday in Gentry County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2023 Ford F350 driven by Cody E. Cheatham, 25, Spring, Texas, was northbound on U.S. 169 in Stanberry. 

The driver failed to negotiate a cure in the road.  The pickup traveled off the east side of the road, struck a utility pole, a telephone pedestal, a tree and a business sign.  

Grand River Ambulance transported Cheatham to Mosaic Life Care. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.