Missouri State Highway Patrol closed the northbound lanes of Highway 65 today for several hours, in Springfield Missouri.  The tractor-trailer crash occurred on Highway 65 in Catalpa, just as the truck was on a bridge.  Missouri Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency were called to the accident scene because several hundred gallons of diesel fuel was spilled by the damaged semi-truck.  Authorities are not exactly clear on what caused the semi-truck to crash, and continue to investigate the scene and collect evidence.

For a closed look at this story, visit KSPR.com. Large semi-trucks weight upwards of 65,000 pounds and can cause enormous amounts of property damage.  Catastrophic personal injuries and death can occur when these large trucks are involved with collisions with small cars and even large SUVs.  There simply is no match for a car against a tractor-trailer.

If you have been injured in a tractor-trailer crash, contact Missouri Injury Attorney Stephen Schultz and get the lawyers at Schultz Legal Group on your side.  Don't be victimized a second time by an unfair or argumentative insurance company.  Call the tractor-trailer injury lawyers at Schultz Legal Group today by calling (866) 840-3636.