Thursday, January 26, 2017

Freightliner slams into stopped car killing two West Plains residents

Two West Plains residents were killed in a four-vehicle, chain reaction accident 3:10 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. 60 at West Clinton in Seymour.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 driven by Leo S. Walker, 47, West Plains, and a 2015 Freightliner Conventional driven by Clarence M. Comins, 63, Kansas City, were stopped at a red light, when 2016 Freightliner Conventional tractor driven by Adam W. Housley, 33, Mountain Grove, slammed into the Walker vehicle from behind, pushing it into the trailer of the Comins vehicle.

Debris from the collision struck a 2007 International 9900I driven by Nathan J. Kilker, 41, Long Grove, Iowa.

Walker and a passenger in his vehicle, Tisha A. Briggs, 48, West Plains, were pronounced dead by Webster County Deputy Coroner Rob Jernigan at 5:23 p.m.

The fatalitie were the fourth and fifth this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.

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