Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Six Injured, One Life Flighted After Semi Strikes Motor Home

Six people were injured and one was lifeflighted after a collision between a semi truck and a motor home Wednesday morning at around 4:20 am on  I-29 at the 81 mile marker. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a 2018 Freightliner driven by Khamidjon Murodov (44) of Brooklyn (NY) and a 2004 Ford motor home driven by Timothy Rasta (54) of Clearfield (UT) were both southbound on I-29. The Patrol says the semi truck the rear of the motor home’s towed unit; the motor home began sliding and overturned in the driving lane.

Injured were Wyatt Henderson (19) of Antham (AZ), Grant Evans (28) of Vancouver (WA), Mike Kenway (30) of Mishawake (IN), Jeffrey Lucero (32) of Prineville (OR), Robert Cosgrove (36) of Redmond (OR), and Travis Wheeler (36) of Redmond (OR). Wheeler was seriously injured and life flighted to Mosaic in St. Joseph. The rest all received minor injuries. Murodov and Rasta were not injured.


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