Thursday, September 5, 2019

Neosho teen run over by towed unit of tractor-trailer following motorcycle accident, seriously injured

A Neosho teen was injured in a two-vehicle accident 8 a.m. today on MO 59 at the Neosho City Limits.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a tractor-trailer driven by an unknown driver failed to yield and made a left turn from Business Loop 49 onto MO 59 into the path of a 2007 Honda Shadow driven by Charles D. Merrell, 18, Neosho.

Merrell laid the motorcycle over and was ejected underneath the towed part of the tractot-trailer, which drove over him.








Merrell was taken to Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, to be treated for serious injuries.

The tractor-trailer was driven from the scene.

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