Elderly Warsaw man killed in Benton County crash

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An 80-year-old man from Warsaw, Missouri, was killed in a crash Friday morning on Highway 65 in Benton County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The report says the crash occurred when a 1997 Ford F-150 – driven by the 80-year-old – was heading northbound, crossed the centerline and hit a 2013 Kenworth head-on. The Kenworth – driven by a 22-year-old Fortuna, Missouri, man – stopped on the shoulder of the southbound lane, while the Ford skid across the northbound lanes and overturned in a ditch, the report says.

The Kenworth driver wore a seatbelt and had no reported injuries.

The 80-year-old man was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, the report says. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s body was brought to the Benton County Coroner, according to the report.

Both vehicles were totaled, according to the report. MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.