WARREN COUNTY, MO — A 63-year-old man was injured Monday afternoon when his box truck rear-ended another vehicle on Interstate 70 eastbound near Foristell, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The accident happened in the eastbound lanes of I-70 at milepost 203 and was reported at 4:00 p.m.
The man was driving a 2015 Hino 268 box truck eastbound on the highway when the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta ahead of him slowed down. The Hino 268 struck the rear right of the Jetta.
According to the MSHP crash report, both drivers left the scene of the crash. Authorities later contacted them by phone.
The truck driver was taken by private conveyance to Christian Northeast Hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the Jetta, a 20-year-old man, was not reported injured.
Both vehicles sustained minor damages.
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