Hafiz Ahmed Salih Obaid, 44, injured after the semi truck he was driving caught fire due to a mechanical issue on Highway 27 in Wayland, Missouri

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a 2018 Freightliner driven by Hafiz Ahmed Salih Obaid, 44, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was heading south at 12:21 a.m. on Mo. 27, south of Wayland, when it caught fire due to a mechanical issue. The driver fled the Freightliner while it was still moving, the patrol said, and it traveled off the left side of the road before coming to rest in the median.