A Marshall resident suffered injuries in a fiery two-truck traffic crash in Boone County on Friday, May 25.
According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred as a westbound freightliner tractor truck, driven by 61-year-old Douglas Parkhurst, of Marshall, was following a westbound Mack Tractor Truck, driven by 56-year-old Johnnie Jackson, of Macon, Georgia. Jackson’s vehicle experienced mechanical failure, lost power and reportedly was struck by the Parkhurst vehicle. Jackson’s vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway and came to a controlled stop. Parkhurst reportedly overcorrected his vehicle, which had traveled across the center of the roadway, and the vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway, struck a guardrail, came to a controlled stop and then caught fire.
Jackson reportedly was transported by UMC E.M.S. to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment of moderate injuries, while Parkhurst refused treatment of minor injuries at the scene.
The crash happened just after 1:30 a.m. at the 119.2 mile marker on I-70.