Elderly woman sitting in middle of the road hit by car, killed

An Everton woman who was sitting in the middle of the highway was struck and killed 7:57 p.m. Friday on MO 39, two miles south of Stockton.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Kem T. Price, 67, Lockwood, struck Clever Hermina, 83, who was sitting in the middle of the southbound lane.

Cedar County Coroner Nora Powell pronounced Hermina dead at the scene.







The driver was tested for impairment.

The fatality was the 90th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.