FESTUS, MO – A driver was injured during a wrong-way crash on Highway A in Jefferson County yesterday evening, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The accident occurred on Highway A, west of Glen Oaks Drive, at 6:47 p.m., when 46-year-old Festus man Timothy J. Turnbo, operating a 2008 Chevrolet Impala, crossed over the center line and into the lane of oncoming traffic.
The Impala collided with the front of a 2012 Rosenbauer America Municipal truck. The Impala then rolled over the side of the highway an unspecified number of times.
Turnbo, who was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, was taken to the hospital for the treatment of moderate injuries.
38-year-old Festus man Robert C. Aubuchon, who was operating the Rosenbauer truck, was not reported as injured. He was wearing a seatbelt when the accident occurred.
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