Tractor-trailer crash causes traffic jam on I-29

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- A crash involving an out-of-town tractor-trailer hauling a load caused traffic to back up on northbound Interstate 29 Wednesday morning.

The tractor-trailer crashed into a guardrail on northbound I-29 on South 169 Highway around 8:48 a.m.

"Appears to have went to sleep. The wheel drifted. Hit the guardrail. Came across the roadway, hit the other guardrail, and came back to rest in the roadway," Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett said.

A male in his 30s was operating the vehicle, and there are no reported injuries.

The traffic jam was around 20 to 30 minutes long and was due to the crash blocking traffic in the roadway until a tow truck removed the vehicle.