News: Corder man injured in trucking accident in Pettis Co.

PETTIS CO., MO – A man from Corder was taken to the hospital after a single-vehicle crash near Hughesville on Friday morning.

According to a report by MSHP, the crash took place shortly after 7 a.m. along Route D just east of MO-127.

Troopers say 55-year-old James Brooks lost control of his 2011 Kenworth tractor-trailer for unknown reasons. The truck went off the side of the roadway and hit two signs before striking a concrete culvert.

Brooks was taken to University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia with minor injuries.

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