CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN CONNECTION WITH A THREE VEHICLE CRASH ON SATURDAY NIGHT ON I-44 IN LACLEDE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO PAPERWORK FILED WITH THE LACLEDE COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE, 42 YEAR OLD TIFFANY LYNN SPANIER OF MARSHFIELD WAS TRAVELING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN HER CAR WAS HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. WHEN THE TRACTOR TRAILER HIT SPANIER'S CAR, THE TRACTOR AND TRAILER TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. SPANIER'S CAR WAS PUSHED INTO THE PATH OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY LANCE BINGAMAN, CAUSING THE TWO VEHICLES TO COLLIDE. BINGAMAN SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND SOUGHT HIS OWN TREATMENT. WITNESSES SAID THAT SPANIER'S CAR APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MILES PER HOUR PRIOR TO THE CRASH. SPANIER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT FOR OPERATING VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED RESULTING IN INJURY.
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