New Jersey 18-wheeler driver injured in Saline accident
Andree J. Gavilan, 37, from Saddle Brook, New Jersey, received moderate injuries at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in a Saline County accident.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Gavilan was driving west on I-70 in a 2012 Freightliner when he was cut off by an unknown vehicle, attempted to avoid impact by steering to the right and braking causing the vehicle to skid and travel off the right side of the roadway, return to the roadway, and overturn.
Gavilan was wearing a seat belt and was transported by Concordia Ambulance District to Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg.
Information is taken from preliminary Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, which do not necessarily contain statements from all parti