Driver throws water bottle causing crash on interstate highway, troopers say

PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A woman was sent to the hospital after a crash on a Missouri interstate Friday evening.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at the 170-mile marker on Interstate 44 in Phelps County at around 5:25 p.m.Troopers said a 20-year-old woman from Laquey was driving a Ford Mustang in the westbound lanes when she was hit in the face by a water bottle thrown by another driver. The woman then lost control of the vehicle, went off the road, hit an embankment and overturned.The woman sustained minor injuries and was brought to a nearby hospital for treatment. The crash report states she was wearing a seatbelt. No one else was injured.