Runaway Truck Crashes in Upper Allen Business Park

March 9, 2015
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Operator:
Patrick L Henderson, 48
2400 block Castle Drive
St. Louis, MO 63136

On Monday, March 9, 2015 at approximately 1:45 AM, the Upper Allen Police investigated a tractor-trailer crash in the 300 block of Independence Ave. The investigation revealed that Henderson’s truck had been parked at the loading dock of a business at that location. Henderson neglected to set the truck’s parking brake, and after he had exited the truck, it started to roll away from the building. The truck crossed the roadway, ran over the curb and came to rest in a drainage ditch.

Henderson attempted to chase the truck down on foot in an effort to stop it from rolling away, and in the process he received a minor injury. Henderson was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of his injury. The Upper Allen Police were assisted at the scene by the Upper Allen Fire Department and Holy Spirit EMS.