PETTIS COUNTY, MO – A driver was injured when her car collided with a tractor-trailer in Pettis County on Thursday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The MSHP’s crash report said the vehicles crashed on Route V westbound east of Moriarty Road at 10:35 p.m.
According to state troopers, the driver of a 2011 Peterbilt tractor-trailer crossed over the center line and was travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes. The driver of a 2006 Chevrolet HHR attempted to swerve to avoid a collision but was not able to and the Chevrolet was hit nearly head-on by the truck. Both vehicles went off the north side of the roadway and the Peterbilt struck a fence before coming to rest.
The driver of the Chevrolet, 55-year-old Autumn Gilpin of Stover, Missouri, was transported to Bothwell Hospital with serious injuries. No other injuries were reported. The driver of the tractor-trailer was a 37-year-old man from Cole Camp, Missouri.
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