Mack Truck Crashes In Sedalia Injuring One

A Sedalia man was hospitalized after the Mack truck he was driving was hit by another vehicle early Thursday morning. According to the Missouri state highway patrol, Jerry Degroot, 53, was driving a 2007 Mack truck west on highway 50 when an oncoming Chevrolet Malibu crossed the center line and side-swiped the truck. The only injuries reported were sustained by Degroot even though the Malibu received more extensive damage. Degroot’s injuries were categorized as moderate and he was taken by ambulance to Bothwell hospital in Sedalia.