WENTZVILLE, MO – A 21-year-old driver sustained minor injuries when driving reckless and crashing into a box truck on westbound I-70 on Tuesday morning.
Vaughn M. Abbott, 21, was reported as driving recklessly and attempting unsafe lane changes in a 1997 Ford F-250 on westbound I-70 at mile marker 212 around 10:54 a.m. He struck the rear of a 2020 Lino 268 box truck that was changing lanes.
The driver of the box truck, 56-year-old Roger Moser, was uninjured in the crash.
Abbot was transported to St. Joseph West Hospital for treatment of his injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
The Ford was totaled in the crash. Whereas, the box struck only sustained minor damages in the crash and was driven away from the crash scene.
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