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NewsDecember 9, 2019
Fatal crash on I-55 near Scott City
A 49-year-old semi-truck driver from New Madrid, Missouri, was involved in a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at about 5 a.m. near Interstate 55 mile marker 88.6 in Scott County. Both northbound lanes of I-55 were closed through the morning and into the afternoon as emergency crews worked to extract the totaled vehicle from a line of trees and contain debris from the crash.
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Members of the Scott City Fire Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol watch as equipment operators with Midwest Truck Inc. load debris from a totaled 2016 Freightliner semi-truck while working the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occured at 5:08 a.m.
Members of the Scott City Fire Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol watch as equipment operators with Midwest Truck Inc. load debris from a totaled 2016 Freightliner semi-truck while working the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occured at 5:08 a.m.
Emergency crews divert northbound traffic from Interstate 55 onto State Highway PP while working to contain the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. The northbound lanes remained closed for hours as crews worked the scene, and drivers were detoured through Kelso and back onto I-55 at Scott City.
Emergency crews divert northbound traffic from Interstate 55 onto State Highway PP while working to contain the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. The northbound lanes remained closed for hours as crews worked the scene, and drivers were detoured through Kelso and back onto I-55 at Scott City.
Equipment operators with Midwest Truck Inc. remove a damaged trailer from the totaled 2016 Freightliner semi-truck while assisting emergency crews at scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.
Equipment operators with Midwest Truck Inc. remove a damaged trailer from the totaled 2016 Freightliner semi-truck while assisting emergency crews at scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.
Members of the Scott City Fire Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol respond to the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the vehicle was traveling northbound when it ran off the right side of the roadway, striking a guardrail and a railing on the bridge over Ramsey Creek before running off the embankment.
Members of the Scott City Fire Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol respond to the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the vehicle was traveling northbound when it ran off the right side of the roadway, striking a guardrail and a railing on the bridge over Ramsey Creek before running off the embankment.
Emergency crews sort through vehicle debris mixed in with hundreds of 24-ounce beer cans and other cargo at the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the driver as 49-year-old Robert E. Law of New Madrid, Missouri.
Emergency crews sort through vehicle debris mixed in with hundreds of 24-ounce beer cans and other cargo at the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the driver as 49-year-old Robert E. Law of New Madrid, Missouri.
Vehicle debris lays mixed in with hundreds of 24-ounce beer cans and other cargo where a 2016 Freightliner semi-truck came to a stop during a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.
Vehicle debris lays mixed in with hundreds of 24-ounce beer cans and other cargo where a 2016 Freightliner semi-truck came to a stop during a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.
Emergency crews respond to the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.
Emergency crews respond to the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.
Emergency crews respond to the scene of a fatal crash at Interstate 55 mile marker 88.6 on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.
Emergency crews respond to the scene of a fatal crash at Interstate 55 mile marker 88.6 on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.
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A 49-year-old semi-truck driver from New Madrid, Missouri, was involved in a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at about 5 a.m. near Interstate 55 mile marker 88.6 in Scott County. Both northbound lanes of I-55 were closed through the morning and into the afternoon as emergency crews worked to extract the totaled vehicle from a line of trees and contain debris from the crash.

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