Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Sarcoxie trucker accidentally kills man who was lying in roadway

A pedestrian was killed in an accident 10:21 p.m. Monday on U. S. 60 at Hummingbird Lane in Fordland.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2013 Freightliner TTL driven by Dannie R. Schubert, 64, Sarcoxie, struck a pedestrian who was lying in the roadway from a previous accident.

Webster County Coroner Michael Taylor pronounced Amos W. McElroy, 50, Fordland, dead at the scene at 11:02 p.m.

The fatality was the 21st this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.

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