Driver hospitalized after traveling off the side of the highway in Clinton County
By NewsPress Now
A 22-year-old suffered serious injuries after his Freightliner tractor went off the road Monday, 4 miles north of Lathrop.
Hector Fonseca Mendez, of Madera, California, was northbound on Interstate 35 around 7:30 a.m. in a 2021 Freightliner tractor when he passed another vehicle, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports. As he moved into the right lane, he traveled off the right side of the road and down an embankment.
The vehicle hit the ground several times and then hit a fence before coming to rest.
He was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center for serious injuries. It is unknown if he was wearing a seat belt at the time, according to crash reports.
