Crash Report Details


Crash Information
Investigated By Incident# GPS Latitude GPS Longitude Date Time County Location Troop
TPR B.C. ROBERTS /529/ AND MCIU SGT M.K. EDEN /1326/. 260145233 37.2733004 -93.054572 04/07/2026 7:42AM WEBSTER I-44 WESTBOUND EAST OF MILE MARKER 92.2, 2.5 MILES EAST OF STRAFFORD D
Vehicle Information
Veh. # Vehicle Description Damage Disposition Driver Type Driver Gender Driver Age Safety Device Driver City/State Driver Insurance Vehicle Direction
2 2023 HYUNDAI SANTA FE TOTAL TOWED BY BRINES TOWING ADULT MALE 32 YES MARSHFIELD, MO PROGRESSIVE WEST
4 2023 FREIGHTLINER TOTAL TOWED BY BRINES TOWING ADULT MALE 38 YES SPRINGFIELD, MO TOTALED EAST
3 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO MINOR TOWED BY TERRY'S TOWING ADULT MALE 39 YES STRAFFORD, MO CINCINNATI INSURANCE WEST
1 2024 VOLVO TRACTOR TOTAL TOWED BY BRINES TOWING ADULT MALE 55 UNKNOWN AVONDALE, ARIZONA SUREFIRE INSURANCE WEST
Injury Information
Veh. # Person Type Gender Age Injury Type Safety Device City/State Involvement Disposition
1 ADULT MALE 55 FATAL UNKNOWN AVONDALE, ARIZONA DRIVER TRANSPORTED TO SOUTH WEST FORENSICS CENTER

Misc. Information

FATALITY CRASH - THIS IS TROOP D'S 32ND FATALITY FOR 2026. NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED. CRASH OCCURRED AS VEHICLE 1 MADE A UNSAFE LANE CHANGE STRIKING VEHICLE 2, VEHICLE 2 STRUCK THE REAR OF VEHICLE 3'S TOWED UNIT. VEHICLE 1 TRAVELED ACROSS THE CABLE BARRIERS INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES OF I-44, VEHICLE 1 STRUCK VEHICLE 4'S TOWED UNIT, VEHICLE 4 TRAVELED OFF THE ROADWAY AND OVERTURNED. VEHICLE 1 CAUGHT FIRE. DRIVER PRONOUNCED ON SCENE BY PARAMEDIC SUPERVISOR DARRELENE SMALLWOOD AT 0817 HOURS. ASSISTED BY TPR J.D. LOCK /797/, TPR E.D. LEBLANC /645/, SGT D.B. BLANKENSHIP /1355/, CPL L.L. RAY /915/, TPR S.R. GLASS /620/.