December 9, 2019

Fatal crash on I-55 near Scott City

A 49-year-old semi-truck driver from New Madrid, Missouri, was involved in a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at about 5 a.m. near Interstate 55 mile marker 88.6 in Scott County. Both northbound lanes of I-55 were closed through the morning and into the afternoon as emergency crews worked to extract the totaled vehicle from a line of trees and contain debris from the crash.

Members of the Scott City Fire Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol watch as equipment operators with Midwest Truck Inc. load debris from a totaled 2016 Freightliner semi-truck while working the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occured at 5:08 a.m.

Emergency crews divert northbound traffic from Interstate 55 onto State Highway PP while working to contain the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. The northbound lanes remained closed for hours as crews worked the scene, and drivers were detoured through Kelso and back onto I-55 at Scott City.

Equipment operators with Midwest Truck Inc. remove a damaged trailer from the totaled 2016 Freightliner semi-truck while assisting emergency crews at scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.

Members of the Scott City Fire Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol respond to the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the vehicle was traveling northbound when it ran off the right side of the roadway, striking a guardrail and a railing on the bridge over Ramsey Creek before running off the embankment.

Emergency crews sort through vehicle debris mixed in with hundreds of 24-ounce beer cans and other cargo at the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the driver as 49-year-old Robert E. Law of New Madrid, Missouri.

Vehicle debris lays mixed in with hundreds of 24-ounce beer cans and other cargo where a 2016 Freightliner semi-truck came to a stop during a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.

Emergency crews respond to the scene of a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.

Emergency crews respond to the scene of a fatal crash at Interstate 55 mile marker 88.6 on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Scott County.

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A 49-year-old semi-truck driver from New Madrid, Missouri, was involved in a fatal crash Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at about 5 a.m. near Interstate 55 mile marker 88.6 in Scott County. Both northbound lanes of I-55 were closed through the morning and into the afternoon as emergency crews worked to extract the totaled vehicle from a line of trees and contain debris from the crash.

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