SJPD identifies truck driver in fatal Interstate 229 crash
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- A driver of a semi-truck that traveled off of an Interstate 229 ramp on Thursday evening is dead, according to Sgt. Chris Babb with the St. Joseph Police Department.
SJPD and Buchanan County EMS responded to a call that a semi-truck had traveled off an I-229 exit ramp just before 6 p.m. on Thursday.
The driver of the truck, a 58-year-old man named Kevin Miller, originally from Florida, but who was residing in California, was ejected from the vehicle during the crash.
Miller was taken to Mosaic Life Care with critical injuries, according to Capt. Dave Gross with SJPD.
According to a preliminary report from Capt. Gross, the driver was southbound on I-229, took the Felix Street exit ramp and lost control of the vehicle. The truck then travelled over the side of the bridge onto the train tracks near Main Street.
The cause of the fatal crash is under investigation.
News-Press NOW will provide updates as they become available.
