A 69-year-old Independence woman was injured Friday evening, Nov. 6, in a collision involving a Chevrolet Trax and a Freightliner truck on Highway 36 in DeKalb County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at approximately 6:55 p.m., one mile east of Route M and one mile northeast of Osborn.
The woman was driving a 2025 Chevrolet Trax eastbound in the passing lane of Highway 36. A 29-year-old man from Fresno, California, was driving a 2019 Freightliner Conventional truck eastbound in the same lane, behind the Chevrolet.
The Highway Patrol reported that the Chevrolet driver applied her brakes to make a left turn into a highway crossover. The Freightliner driver attempted to avoid the Chevrolet by moving into the median. As the Chevrolet turned into the crossover, the left front corner of the Freightliner struck the driver’s door of the Chevrolet…