State troopers wait while Jack's Towing clears a semi wreck.
Crash sends semi across I-44, carries cables into traffic lanesWAYNESVILLE, Mo. (Sept. 29, 2009) — Separate one-vehicle crashes on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning snarled traffic on two roads near Waynesville. Tuesday morning’s crash could easily have been far worse. Tri-County firefighters from Richland and Hazelgreen firefighters responded to a report of an eastbound semi truck that had crashed through the median guard cables of Interstate 44 about six miles west of Waynesville, ran across two lanes of oncoming westbound traffic dragging cables across the interstate, ran off the north shoulder onto the north outer road, and was blocking outer road traffic west of Exit 150 at Route 7. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, William L. Baumgarte, 46, of Springfield, had been eastbound in his 2007 Freightliner semi truck at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday when he tried to avoid another vehicle, ran off the left side of Interstate 44, struck the median cables, crossed over the westbound lanes, and came to rest on the north outer road, suffering moderate injuries. On Monday, troopers reported that Billy J. Long, 33, of Crocker, had been southbound at 3:20 p.m. on Highway T about 3.5 miles north of Waynesville driving a 1999 Dodge pickup when he ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a ditch, suffering minor injuries. In an unrelated arrest, state troopers announced that they arrested Jason H. Roe, 29, of St. Louis, at 7:43 a.m. in Pulaski County on various charges.
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