CRAIG- A Missouri truck driver was injured in an accident just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday in Holt County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a Peterbilt 377 Conventional Truck driven by Robert R. Mortimore, 65, Amazonia, was northbound on Interstate 29 one mile south of Craig. The truck blew a front passenger tire, ran off the road, struck an embankment and a fence.

Mortimore was transported to the Community hospital at Fairfax.
The MSHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident.