News: Two-truck injury crash in Lafayette County caused by failure to yield

LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MO – A two-vehicle crash in Lafayette County injured one teenager and hospitalized one adult on Tuesday morning.

The MSHP reports the crash occurred close to 8:43 p.m. at Route O and Route FF when a northbound GMC truck driven by 31-year-old Jose Martinez of Kansas City struck a GMC Box Truck driven by 46-year-old Phillip Goldsberry of Rayville.

Reportedly, Goldsberry did not yield at the stop sign and entered traffic in the path of Martinez’s vehicle.

Goldsberry was taken to Centerpoint Hospital by ambulance with moderate injuries.

A 14-year-old in Martinez’s vehicle declined treatment for minor injuries sustained in the crash.

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