Eight-year-old Joplin girl run over, killed by semi on Newman Road

An eight-year-old Joplin girl was struck and killed by a semi 6:55 a.m. today on Newman Road, just outside of the Joplin city limits.

Destiny P. Chambers, 8, Joplin, was crossing the road when she was struck by a 2017 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Lance T. Lee, 49, DeKalb, Illinois.

Lee was tested for alcohol as required by law. The fatality was the 94th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.