SPANISH LAKE, Mo. — A driver was airlifted to a hospital, and another was transported by ambulance after a crash between two semitrucks shut down all westbound lanes of I-270 near Spanish Lake early Friday morning.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol told 5 On Your Side that the crash happened at around 2:30 a.m., causing injuries to drivers of two semitrucks. The entire roadway was shut down for over two hours before lanes reopened.
One of the semitrucks was parked on the roadway’s right shoulder when another semitruck hit the parked truck’s driver’s side, according to the patrol’s crash report. The driver of the parked semitruck, who was outside of the truck’s cab, was also struck by the other truck and was listed in serious condition.
5 On Your Side crews at the scene witnessed a helicopter land on the roadway to transport one of the drivers to a local hospital.