The southbound lanes of Interstate-35 were shut down for two days after a Freightliner crashed into a concrete railing in the bridge construction zone south of Bethany. A Minneapolis man who was a passenger in the truck was killed in the accident.
Truck damages bridge: A semi lies across the guardrail of the I-35 bridge south of Bethany where a construction company was working on a rehab of the bridge. A passenger in the truck was killed in the accident. No workers were injured in the accident which occurred just before 4 a.m. on Thursday morning.
Traffic jam: Cars and trucks were lined up southbound on Highway 69 by the Pizza Hut last week after an accident on I-35 shut down the southbound interstate lanes. Traffic was directed through
Bethany while crews repaired the damage. These vehicles were waiting for their turn to go through the hospital intersection.
Harrison County, MO: A fatal truck accident in the Pole Cat Creek bridge construction zone on I-35 south of Bethany early Thursday morning disrupted traffic patterns in Bethany for more than 30 hours as emergency crews struggled to reopen the highway.