BLUE SPRINGS, MO – A 65-year-old man from Lenexa, Kansas was injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer in Blue Springs on Tuesday.
Missouri State Highway Patrol said the collision happened before 6 p.m. on Interstate 70 East, west of Highway 7. MSHP said a 22-year-old man driving a 2020 Universal tractor-trailer crashed into a towed unit attached to a 2025 Hyundai Translead tractor.
MSHP confirmed the driver of the Hyundai, a 65-year-old man from Lenexa, reduced his speed for traffic congestion when the crash occurred. He unfortunately sustained minor injuries, and was taken to CenterPointe Hospital.
The 22-year-old male driver from St. Louis was uninjured.
MSHP did not say whether they cited the St. Louis driver.
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