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Two injured in Thursday MO crash

By Brian Hagen

07/16/2021

(KAIR)--Two drivers were transported for hospital treatment, following a two vehicle crash two miles south of Saint Joseph, Missouri, Thursday afternoon.

According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a Missouri Department of Transportation truck pulled onto the shoulder of U.S. Highway 59 to make a wide, left turn when a Peterbilt semi tractor trailer attempted to pass the MoDot truck.

According to the Patrol, the MoDot truck turned into the semi, which drove off the left, west side of the highway, and struck an embankment.

The driver of the semi, 52-year-old Paul Bennett, of Seneca, Kansas was transported by private vehicle for treatment of minor injuries at the Sabetha hospital.

The driver of the MoDot truck, James Morris, of Dekalb, Missouri, was transported by Buchanan County EMS for treatment of minor injuries at Mosaic Life Care, in Saint Joseph.

The crash happened shortly after 12:45 Thursday afternoon.

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