Dexter, MO — A woman was badly injured and sent to a hospital via helicopter this past Monday evening (November 9, 2015) outside of Dexter. Police with the MSHP said that Aaron Menley, 37, from Dexter was hurt after her SUV crashed into the back of a cotton module truck.
This happened at about 5:45 p.m. in the evening, at the intersection of U.S. 60 and County Road 657, which is just east of Dexter’s city limits.
The reports say that the cotton module truck (which looks a bit like a semi-truck with a covered trailer) was turning from County Road 657 onto eastbound U.S. 60 that evening when it was rear-ended by Menley’s SUV, which was also headed east.
Later, it was confirmed by the police that the cotton module truck’s rear taillights weren’t working that evening.
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Map of the Accident
View from the Road
Commentary:
With the recent time change, it starts to get dark much earlier in the day. Since this happened well after the sunset, I’m wondering if this woman in the SUV couldn’t see the cotton truck in front of her because the taillights weren’t working.
There clearly aren’t enough details here to start making assumptions, so I want to be careful, but it seems to me that there’s a correlation between the wreck and the taillights being out. Does anyone know if this trucker was cited or charged by the Highway Patrol?
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