James M Key of Bradford, MO was injured on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 12:33PM in Franklin County, Missouri. Key is a 62-year-old man.
The crash happened here: westbound Interstate 44 at 251 mile marker.
In the crash, Key was a driver. The police described the crash like this:
VEHICLE #1 WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC ON THE WESTBOUND SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE 44. VEHICLE #2 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 44 APPROACHING VEHICLE #1 FROM ITS REAR. VEHICLE #2 WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR THE ROAD CONDITIONS, AND BEGAN TO SLIDE. VEHICLE #1 ATTEMPTED TO AVOID VEHICLE #2 BY DRIVING STRAIGHT FORWARD AND VEHICLE #2 STRUCK VEHICLE #1 IN ITS TOWED UNIT WITH THE FRONT OF VEHICLE #2.
Injuries
Key's injuries were minor. Key was taken by Meramec Ambulance to Mercy Hospital Washington.
Vehicle Damage
The police said the damage to the 2000 Dodge 3500 driven by Lash was none. It was removed by Driven From Scene. The damage to the Freightliner Conventional driven by Key was moderate. It was removed by Left Roadside On I-44 Westbound At 251 Mile Marker.
How To Get the Highway Patrol Report
Trooper C C Marlow Badge of the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 210074568 to this crash. The highway patrol charges $6.90 for each certified report (certification required for court). The highway patrol is currently backlogged and they state on their website that you will have to wait 10 days and may have to wait an "extended period of time" beyond that for the report. Further, unless you qualify under the Federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the report you get will have important and necessary information such as photographs, social security numbers, driver license numbers, names, addresses and telephone numbers redacted (blacked out).
The information in this article came from the Missouri State Highway Patrol website.
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