Zachariah Smith Injured in a Crash on January 11, 2022 in Buchanan County, Missouri

Zachariah A Smith of Saint Joseph, MO was injured on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 7:15AM in Buchanan County, Missouri. Smith is a 26-year-old man.

The crash happened here: Interstate 29 Nb at US 36 - City Limits of Saint Joseph.

In the crash, Smith was a driver. The police described the crash like this:

CRASH OCCURRED AS VEH 1 WAS ENTERING I-29 FROM US 36 EASTBOUND, AND VEH 2 AND 3 WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON I-29. VEH 2 WAS IN THE DRIVING LANE AND VEH 3 WAS IN THE PASSING LANE, OVERTAKING VEH 2. THE DRIVER OF VEH 1 LOST CONTROL ON THE FROST COVERED ROADWAY AS SHE WAS MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE. VEH 1 BECAME PERPENDICULAR IN THE ROADWAY FACING WEST. VEH 2 ATTEMPTED TO AVOID VEH 1 BY STEERING TO THE LEFT. VEH 2 AND BEGAN TO SKID. VEH 2 STRUCK VEH 1 WITH ITS FRONT, ON THE DRIVER BEDSIDE. VEH 1 ROTATED COUNTER CLOCKWISE AND STRUCK THE FRONT OF VEH 3. WITH ITS FRONT DRIVER SIDE CORNER. VEH 2'S TRAILER STRUCK VEH 3 ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND FORCED VEH 3 INTO THE BRIDGE RAIL. VEH 1 CAME TO REST FACING SOUTH ON THE GUARDRAIL, OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEH 2 CAME TO REST IN THE PASSING LANE FACING NORTH. VEH 3 CAME TO REST IN BETWEEN THE BRIDGE RAIL AND VEH 2'S TRAILER. ASSISTED BY SGT. R.P. DUDECK (516) CPL. C.M. DOLLARD (504), CPL. D.R. REUTER (622), AND BUCHANAN COUNTY.

Injuries

Smith's injuries were serious. Smith was taken by Private Vehicle to Mosaic Life Care.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the damage to the 2006 Lincoln Mark Lt driven by Mauricio was total. It was removed by Towed By Blue Knight. The damage to the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Smith was total. It was removed by Towed By Blue Knight. The damage to the 2013 Peterbilt 386 driven by Jindra was total. It was removed by Towed By R&W.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

Tpr V F Selsor of the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 220015547 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.