Missouri State Highway Patrol

MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — A crash on Highway 54 left an Iowa man hospitalized on Wednesday morning.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a flatbed truck driven by 63-year-old Robert Reed, of Eldon, was headed west on Highway 54, and was preparing to make a right-hand turn onto Mt. Carmel Road, just before 9 a.m. The truck was partly in the driving lane and partly on the shoulder of the road, according to the report.

A westbound Chevy 2500 truck driven by 55-year-old Timothy Lustgraaf crashed into the back of the flatbed truck, the Patrol reported.

The Chevy was totaled in the crash, and the flatbed had some damage. A passenger in the Chevy, 36-year-old John Maxwell of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was seriously injured and was taken by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital for treatment.


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