Altenburg man hurt in Highway 51 crash in Bollinger County

JEFFERSON CITY — A 60-year-old Altenburg man suffered moderate injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Bollinger County Monday at 9:24 a.m.

 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports William J. Moore was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau by ambulance.

 

The patrol says the crash happened when the 1998 Freightliner Moore was driving south on 51 went off the right side of the roadway and overturned.

 

The crash happened about four miles north of Marble Hill.

 

The patrol says Moore was unrestrained.

 

The Freightliner was a total loss and was left at the scene.