VEHICLE 1 WAS STOPPED IN THE TURN LANE FROM WESTBOUND MISSOURI 30 TO SOUTHBOUND ROUTE Y. VEHICLE 2 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MISSOURI 30, WEST OF ROUTE Y. VEHICLE 1 WAS PULLING A FLAT BED TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET LONG. DRIVER 1 BEGAN MAKING THE LEFT TURN ONTO ROUTE Y. AS VEHICLE 1 WAS MAKING THE LEFT TURN, DRIVER 1 OBSERVED VEHICLE 2 CREST THE HILL TRAVELING EASTBOUND. DRIVER 2 SLOWED VEHICLE 2. DRIVER 1 FAILED TO YIELD TO VEHICLE 2 WHICH ENTERED THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE. THE FRONT OF VEHICLE 1 STRUCK THE RIGHT, REAR SIDE OF VEHICLE 1'S TRAILER IN THE EASTBOUND LANE OF MISSOURI 30. THE FORCE OF THIS IMPACT CAUSED VEHICLE 2 TO ROTATE CLOCKWISE AND COME TO REST BLOCKING EASTBOUND MISSOURI 30 AND THE WESTBOUND MISSOURI 30 TURN LANE TO ROUTE Y, FACING SOUTH-WEST. VEHICLE 1 CAME TO A CONTROLLED STOP OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROUTE Y, SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION. ASSISTED BY TPR. E. RAYA (629)
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