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Missouri man hospitalized after car rear-ends semi

CALDWELL COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 7p.m. Saturday in Caldwell County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1994 Toyota Camry driven by David B. Bannister, 69, Odessa, was eastbound on MO. 116 at Brangus Road.

The Camry rear-ended a semi that was stopped in the eastbound lane. Visibility was obstructed by dirt and debris from another vehicle not involved in the crash.

Tri-County Ambulance transported Bannister to Liberty Hospital. The semi driver Emery B. Engelhardt, 35, Butler, was not injured.

Bannister and Engelhardt were not wearing a seat belts, according to the MSHP.

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