Freightliner overturns west of Dudley

Monday, August 17, 2020

An accident involving two semitrailers occurred two miles west of Dudley Monday at 8:25 a.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol a 2016 Freightliner driven by Van P. Parker, 40, of New Madrid, was eastbound on Highway 60. A 2019 Freightliner driven by Clifton L. Tosh, 48, of Verona, Missouri, also eastbound on Highway 60, when he made a right turn and was struck in the rear by Parker. The highway patrol said Parker's truck then traveled through the median and overturned on the westbound side of Highway 60. Parker received moderate injuries and was transported to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau for treatment. Tosh was not injured in the accident. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, Stoddard County Sheriff's Department and Stoddard County EMS responded to the scene.

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