NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sergeant Scott E. Meyer
816-622-0800
A020906
February 20, 2009

EMPHASIS: MSHP Seeking Information On Traffic Crash -- Bates County

On February 20, 2009, at approximately 3:51 p.m., an unknown commercial motor vehicle was eastbound on Missouri Highway 52 approximately one and one half miles west of U.S. Highway 71 in Bates County. A steering brake shoe came off the tractor unit of the commercial motor vehicle. The steering brake shoe went through the windshield of a westbound Ford F150 pickup and struck the driver, Dianna L. Cumpton, 52, of Butler, Missouri, in the head. Mrs. Cumpton was transported by a Lifeflight helicopter to Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, in critical condition.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is asking the public’s help in identifying this commercial motor vehicle. Anyone with any information on a commercial motor vehicle seeking mechanical assistance in the replacement of a steering brake shoe is asked to call the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop A Headquarters, at 816-622-0800.
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