Craig Resident Involved in Collision with Tractor Trailer in Holt County Monday
(HOLT COUNTY, MO) – A Craig resident is suffering injuries following a collision with a tractor trailer in Holt County Monday.
At 3:20 P.M. the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports an accident occurred when 74-year-old Janice Dougherty who was driving a 2018 Dodge Durango Westbound on US Highway 59 (one and a half miles East of Craig) attempted to pass a 2000 International tractor trailer driven by 80-year-old Billie Cronk of Maryville that was also heading westbound.
Cronk’s vehicle slowed to make a left turn onto Elmwood Road causing a collision where the front left side of the tractor trailer struck the rear passenger side of the Dodge Durango which then traveled off the South side of the highway, down an embankment, struck the ground, and came to rest on its wheels facing West.
Cronk’s vehicle came to a controlled stop facing South on Elmwood Road.
Both drivers were wearing safety devices, and Dougherty was taken to Mosaic Life Care in St Joseph to be treated for moderate injuries.
| ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS VEH1 AND VEH 2 WERE BOTH WESTBOUND ON US59. VEH2 SLOWED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO ELWOOD ROAD. VEH1 ATTEMPTED TO PASS VEH2 WHILE VEH2 WAS TURNING. THE FRONT LEFT OF VEH2 STRUCK THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR OF VEH1. VEH1 TRAVELED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF US59, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, STRUCK THE GROUND, COMING TO REST ON ITS WHEELS FACING WEST. VEH2 CAME TO A CONTROLLED STOP FACING SOUTH ON ELMWOOD ROAD. ASSISTED BY CPL. T.L. SHUPE (1432), HOLT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, AND CRAIG FIRE DEPARTMENT. |
