Texas man injured in tractor trailer crash

A Texas man was moderately injured in a tractor trailer crash on Highway 185 in Washington County Wednesday morning.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at about 10:20 a.m. a 2009 Freightliner Conventional driven by Jaime Sanchez Alvarez, 35, ran off the right side of the highway just north of Goose Creek Road, impacted a railroad crossing sign, went airborne and overturned. The driver was taken to Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan for treatment. 

The highway was closed down for several hours between Goose Creek Road and Route EE.