Posted January 20, 2022 11:54am
(KLZA)-- A Council Bluffs, Iowa man suffered moderate injuries in a single vehicle wreck Wednesday morning shortly before 8:0 A.M.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reported 57-year-old Bret Johnson was southbound on Interstate 29 in Holt County, Missouri, when his semi crossed traveled off the east side of the road, through the median, and skidded across the northbound lanes of I-29 ans struck an embankment, then continued up the embankment and striking a tree.
The impact with the tree caused the semi to overturn, causing the cargo to spill. The semi came to rest on its top.
Johnson was transported by the Atchison-Holt Ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. The semi was totaled.
The Holt County Sheriff's Office, South Holt Fire Department and the Missouri Department of Health responded to the scene of the wreck.