{"id":10977,"date":"2026-02-13T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10977"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:31:14","slug":"car-and-semi-truck-collide-head-on-in-joplin-mo-injuring-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/missouri-truck-accidents\/car-and-semi-truck-collide-head-on-in-joplin-mo-injuring-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Car and semi-truck collide head-on in Joplin, MO, injuring 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOPLIN, MO &#8211; A 41-year-old man was hurt Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision involving an semi-truck in Newton County, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koamnewsnow.com\/news\/joplin-news-first\/head-on-crash-closes-joplins-east-32nd-for-investigation\/article_80f8bb76-a4ca-4989-a9fb-7605371efe90.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to KOAM News<\/a>, the accident occurred shortly before 1:45 p.m. in the area of East 32nd Street and Jaguar Road in Joplin.<\/p>\n<p>Police say that for unknown reasons, a westbound car entered the eastbound side of 32nd Street and crashed head-on into an eastbound 18-wheeler. The car then left the roadway and ignited, sparking a grass fire.<\/p>\n<p>Medics transported the driver of the passenger vehicle, since identified as Eddie Cook of Greenwood, to an area hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A dog in Cook&#8217;s vehicle died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Officials closed East 32nd Street in the area of the crash for just over two hours while crews worked at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A full investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=17CDP-aV79GoNtLGfPSlVhwIykdUTvf4&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been hurt in a Newton County semi crash caused by a reckless driver, the Missouri big rig lawyers at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are prepared to take charge of your case. Our team will help you prepare a case centered on justice, accountability, and maximum compensation. Book a free, no-risk consultation<a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> online<\/strong><\/a> or by phone at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOPLIN, MO &#8211; A 41-year-old man was hurt Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision involving an semi-truck in Newton County, Missouri. According to KOAM News, the accident occurred shortly before 1:45 p.m. in the area of East 32nd Street and Jaguar Road in Joplin. Police say that for unknown reasons, a westbound car entered the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-missouri-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10981,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10977\/revisions\/10981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}