JOPLIN, Mo. — About 11:15 a.m. Monday, a dump truck went through a guardrail on I-44 near mile marker 10 in Joplin.
Joplin Police Officer Dalton Farmer told KOAM’s Shannon Becker that the driver refused transport to a hospital.
Farmer said the dump truck experienced a flat tire before veering through a guardrail, going down an embankment and crashing.
The driver was not able to get out of the doors, so he climbed through the windshield.
Just a short distance to the west on Outer Road, a crew from Liberty Electric were working. They ran to the crash using up all their extinguishers to help with the fire.
Redings Mill Fire observed a fully engulfed vehicle on their arrival. Joplin Fire also responded.
The dump truck was carrying a dirt load from an EPA clean-up site. That will be removed before the crashed vehicle is towed away.
Watch for updates here on KOAM News Now as we continue to cover stories that are important to you, where you live.