Three-vehicle crash involving trash truck kills one, injures three

CLINTON COUNTY, Mo. (KQTV) -- One person is dead in a three-vehicle crash involving a trash truck on Route PP in Clinton County on Thursday morning.

The crash occurred around 6:05 a.m. as a 22-year-old male driver of a 2015 Toyota Highlander from Lawson, Missouri, was westbound on Route PP, three miles Northwest of Lawson.

The driver then traveled into the path of a 30-year-old male driver from Independence, Missouri, of a 2022 Freightliner trash truck, which was eastbound on Route PP.

A 38-year-old male from Plattsburg, Missouri, was a passenger in the Freightliner.

The Toyota hit the truck head-on after traveling in its path. The trash truck was then forced into the path of a 2017 GMC Sierra Van, driven by a 26-year-old Lawson man.

The front of the GMC then struck the back of the Toyota.

All three vehicles came to a stop on the North shoulder of Route PP, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report.

The driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 7:26 a.m. by Clinton County Coroner Lee Hanks. He was transported to Frontier Forensics in Kansas City, Kansas, and the next of kin has been notified.

The driver of the GMC suffered serious injuries and was transported by air ambulance to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City.

Both the driver and the occupant of the trash truck were both wearing seatbelts and were transported by Holt Ambulance to Liberty Hospital.

It is unknown if the driver of the Toyota and the driver of the GMC were wearing seatbelts as well.