The Fort Leonard Wood Fire Department was one of five area departments responding Wednesday afternoon after a multi-vehicle crash resulted in a tractor-trailer fire at the bottom of a steep embankment and a missing driver along the westbound lane of Interstate 44 near the 159-mile marker.
The St. Robert Fire Department first reported the incident at 2:10 p.m., with installation firefighters automatically responding as part of the department’s Highway Response Plan, according to Fort Leonard Wood Fire Chief Brad Bowling.
“The initial units on the scene found the tractor-trailer had gone through the barricades and down an embankment,” Bowling said. “Our engine tanker and heavy-rescue (tanker) responded, along with the St. Robert Fire Department and the Waynesville Fire Department.”