A 47-year-old Paragould, Arkansas, man was flown to a St. Louis hospital with serious injuries Tuesday morning after a dump truck slammed into the back of his pickup on southbound Interstate 55 in New Madrid County, Missouri. The crash happened shortly before 10 a.m. about one mile north of Matthews, leaving both vehicles totaled.
According to KFVS12, the pickup driver had slowed to make a left turn into an emergency vehicle crossover when a Peterbilt dump truck rear-ended him from behind. The impact sent the pickup into the roadway's cable barrier. The Paragould man was flown to a St. Louis hospital with serious injuries, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, as reported by K8 News.
Dump Truck Driver Walked Away Unhurt
The dump truck driver, a 66-year-old man from Dexter, Missouri, did not report any injuries, the station's report notes. Both drivers were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, and investigators confirmed that both vehicles were totaled.
No further details on the Paragould man's condition following the flight to the St. Louis hospital have been released. The crash remains under investigation, and no additional information about the circumstances leading up to the collision has been made public.
