May 12, 2021

Driver hospitalized after semi rear-ends another semi

Posted May 12, 2021 9:00 AM

HARRISON COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 4p.m. Tuesday in Harrison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Freightliner Cascadia driven by Summer C. Cook, 47, Panama Beaach, FL., was southbound on Interstate 35 two miles south of Eagleville.

The semi rear-ended a 2019 Freightliner Cascadia driven by Abubaker M. Abdi, 33, Fridley, MN., that was slowing to come to a stop on the west shoulder.

NTA ambulance transported Cook to Harrison County Community Hospital. Abdi was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.