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Highway worker dies after getting hit by semi-truck in Pettis County

PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 60-year-old highway worker died on Tuesday after he was hit by a semi-truck in the 17000 block of Route O in Pettis County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The report states that a 2005 Peterbilt 379 – driven by Brandon Knox, 18, of Hughesville -- was heading north on Route O when it struck a pedestrian. Jay Bone, of Smithon, was pronounced dead at the scene, the report says.

Bone was a worker for the Missouri Department of Transportation and was on the job when the crash happened, the agency wrote in a post on the social media platform X. He was hit in the northbound line by a tractor-trailer that was passing the work crew, Patrol Cpl. Justin Ewing said Wednesday.

Bone’s body was brought to Heckart Funeral Home in Sedalia by the Pettis County Coroner.

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