Cooper County, MO — March 29, 2023, Endalkachew Tedla and Markell McCottrell were injured in a dual truck accident along Interstate 70.

Preliminary details about the accident indicated that the incident happened at around 5:30 a.m. near mile marker 96 of I-70. Initial information says that a tractor-trailer in the westbound lanes somehow lost control and bounced off a guardrail. The truck then careened into oncoming lanes where it crashed with an eastbound semi-trailer.

The two truck drivers, identified as 34-year-old Endalkachew Tedla and 40-year-old Markell McCottrell, had injuries said to be minor. No further information about the crash can be confirmed at this time.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

If nothing else, I hope it's true injuries here were only minor. I don't often see two oncoming commercial trucks collide without the results being catastrophic. But it should also be clear that early reports don't always have the whole story. I've been in situations where someone who was initially said to be fine ended up with serious injuries that simply didn't show their true nature until days or weeks after the crash. It's one of the reasons thorough and careful medical examination is often crucial following any commercial truck wreck. Hopefully any sort of examination of these injuries would show that everyone is truly okay as these reports suggest.

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