1 killed in crash on I-55 in Pemiscot Co., MO
PEMISCOT COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - A woman from Festus, Missouri is dead after a crash in the Bootheel.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a car and a tractor trailer were stopped at the 15.2 mile marker for traffic.
It happened in the southbound lanes at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27.
A truck driven by Jeffery Bailey, 39, of Dyess, Arkansas rear ended the car and pushed it into the tractor trailer.
A passenger in the car, 56-year-old Sonya Cherry, died at a Memphis hospital.
The driver of the car, Allison Venuto, 31, of Pevely, Missouri, was seriously injured. She was taken to a Memphis hospital with serious injuries.
The drivers of the trucks were not hurt.
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