Truck driver killed in wreck identified

Posted: 09.28.2012 at 11:43 AM

Joshua Sanders of Rolla swerved his tractor trailer to avoid a car stopped in the middle of the road

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The Highway Patrol has identified the truck driver killed in an accident yesterday near Six Flags in St. Louis county.

Authorities say 34-year-old Joshua Sanders of Rolla was driving a tractor trailer that swerved to miss a car stopped in the middle of I-44 near Eureka. The truck overturned after clipping the rear of the car.

A dense fog covered the area at the time of the early morning accident.

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