UPDATE: Semi carrying paint overturns on eastbound I-70 in central Missouri’s Montgomery County

By Brian Hauswirth
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Missouri state troopers say a tractor trailer that overturned just after midnight on eastbound I-70 in mid-Missouri’s Montgomery County was carrying 42,000 pounds of paint.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says state troopers remain on-scene cleaning paint that is in the passing lane of I-70 at the 166 mile marker.

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The Missouri State Highway Patrol says this tractor trailer carrying paint overturned at around midnight on I-70 in mid-Missouri’s Montgomery County (September 1, 2026 photo courtesy of Patrol’s Twitter page)

While no injuries are reported, troopers say they’ve arrested the truck driver for driving while intoxicated.