MO- Waynesville, I-44, child falls out of mini-van, injured, van continues on highway!

[Laughing]

A child falls out of the window of a mini-van on the interstate, but the van keeps driving!

The child was helicoptered to the hospital:

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Westbound I-44 is shut down about mile marker 157, between St. Robert and Waynesville, due to a small child, about 5 years old, who fell out of an open window of a silver minivan that continued down the interstate. An emergency medevac helicopter has been dispatched.

Wow, just wow!

 

[borndem]

What, what, what? Drunk driver? Kidnapping and the child was trying to get away?

 

[PromotedPawn]

Poor baby. I wonder if they realized at some point they lost her?

 

[LadyL]

what the heck
hope the child is ok

oh god a tractor trailer did strike the child

As of 6:44 p.m., Waynesville Police are being asked to attempt to locate video "of the child running away." Not clear what this means.

As of 6:56 p.m., emergency personnel have obtained video that they believe confirms that a semi tractor-trailer did strike the child on I-44.

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[LadyL]

are there any missing children of that age in that area?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

UPDATE 4/13/23 — A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report reveals that the child walked onto the road.

A 911 caller who said that the child fell out of a car before they were hit was incorrect, according to troopers. A crash investigation showed that the child simply walked onto the roadway.

The 5-year-old is a boy from Waynesville. There are no updates on their condition at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. The crash report lists them as having serious injuries.

The driver of the 2020 Kenworth tractor-trailer is a 66-year-old man from St. Louis.

5-yr-old airlifted after walking onto I-44 in Pulaski County

UPDATE 4/13/23 — A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report reveals that the child walked onto the road. A 911 caller who said that the child fell out of a car before they were hit was incorrect,…

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