A De Soto man and an Illinois man were injured Monday afternoon, Feb. 6, in a four-vehicle accident on I-270 south of Hwy. 21 in St. Louis County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
At 3:15 p.m. Brian K. Hale, 55, of De Soto was driving a 1998 Freightliner dump truck south on the interstate and braked to avoid another vehicle, causing the dump truck to slide across the road, where a southbound 2013 Ford F150 struck the rear of the dump truck. Then both the dump truck and the F150 struck a southbound 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 3500. In addition, a 2005 Ford Focus struck a trailer the Silverado was hauling, the report said.
Joshua W. Robertson, 32, of Herculaneum was driving the F150, Adam J. Sandheinrich, 38, of Smithton, Ill., was driving the Silverado and William T. Willis, 60, of Farmington was driving the Focus, according to the report.
Hale was moderately injured and taken by Mehlville Fire Protection to Mercy Hospital South in south St. Louis County, and Sandheinrich had minor injuries and was taken by private conveyance to the same hospital. Both Hale and Sandheinrich were treated and released, a hospital spokesman said.
No injuries were reported for Robertson and Willis.
All four drivers were wearing seat belts, the patrol reported.
The dump truck was extensively damaged, and the other three vehicles were totaled, the report said.