Elderly man killed in Montgomery County crash with tractor-trailer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Lincoln County man died in a crash Friday morning in Montgomery County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The crash happened at Route DD and Route E, north of Bellflower, at 10:45 a.m., the report says. The 76-year-old of Elsberry was declared dead at the scene.

The crash occurred as a 2015 Chevrolet 1500 – driven by the man – was headed westbound on Route E. The truck pulled into the path of a 1998 Western Star Conventional – driven by a 77-year-old Silex, Mo. man – headed northbound. The report says the tractor-trailer hit the truck on the driver's side on Route DD.

The driver of the tractor-trailer went to Mercy Hospital in Troy, Mo., with minor injuries.

The truck driver's body was brought to Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City.

Both vehicles were totaled, and neither driver was wearing a seatbelt, according to the report.

Part of Route E was closed on Friday after the deadly crash, the sheriff's office said. Troopers asked drivers to use alternate routes.