A Mount Vernon man was killed in a two-vehicle accident 7:29 a.m. today on MO 96 two miles east of Avilla.
According to the Highway Patrol report, 1999 International tanker driven by David K. Wycuff, 70, Everton, was slowing to make a right turn onto County Road 20 when it was struck in the rear by a 2013 Ford F350 driven by Robert W. Rathmann, 69, Mount Vernon.
Jasper County Deputy Coroner Scott Keats pronounced Rathmann dead at the scene.
The fatality was the 17th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.
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