MACON COUNTY, MO – The driver of a sport utility vehicle was killed in a collision with a disabled truck in Macon County, Missouri on Thursday.
According to KSHB, the incident occurred on U.S. 36 Highway outside Macon shortly after noon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer had broken down on the highway and was rear-ended by a 2015 Toyota Highlander.
The driver of the Toyota, 71-year-old Mary K. Kliethermes of Independence, was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor-trailer was unoccupied at the time.
The accident remains under investigation.
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