UPDATE, Oct. 21 | An 18-year-old Harrisonville teen riding in a tractor-trailer died in a single-vehicle crash Monday afternoon.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says around 3 p.m. Monday, an 18-year-old male from Belton was driving a 2020 Freightliner M2 semi on U.S. 24 Highway near Missouri Highway BB when he lost control.
The truck veered off to the right side of the roadway, returned to the roadway and then overturned. The semi continued out of control into the right ditch and overturned again, ejecting the passenger, an 18-year-old male from Harrisonville.
The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office pronounced the passenger deceased at the scene.
The driver was transported to a Kansas City-area hospital with “moderate” injuries.
ORIGINAL REPORT | A passenger in a box truck died Monday afternoon near Waverly, Missouri, when the truck overturned and he was ejected, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The crash happened on eastbound U.S. 24 Highway west of Missouri Highway BB.
A preliminary investigation by MSHP found the truck ran off the right side of the highway, came back on the highway and overturned.
Someone in the truck was ejected.
No word on the severity of the driver's injuries.
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