Ronnie Heaton Injured in Single-Vehicle Crash on Interstate 70 [Saline County, MO]

Ronnie Heaton Hospitalized After Single-Vehicle Crash on Interstate 70 in Saline County

Saline County, MO (September 4, 2024) –  On Tuesday, 49-year-old Ronnie Heaton sustained serious injuries in a crash on Interstate 70.

A semi-truck passenger sustained serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday night in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 at mile marker 84 in Saline County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The report indicates that the crash happened when a 2022 Kenworth truck, driven by 57-year-old Jeffrey McInturff of Piney Flats, Tennessee, veered off the right side of the road and went through a ditch before returning to the roadway and overturning.

The truck’s passenger, 49-year-old Ronnie Heaton of Elizabethton, Tennessee, suffered serious injuries and was transported by ambulance to University Hospital in Columbia. 

He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time. McInturff, who was wearing a seatbelt, was not injured.

The Kenworth sustained extensive damage, according to the report.

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