Nov 22, 2022

Missouri man dead after semi strikes disabled SUV

Posted Nov 22, 2022 10:04 PM

SCOTT  COUNTY — A southeast Missouri man was killed in an early morning accident Tuesday on Interstate 55.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Honda CRV was disabled on the roadway following a non-injury crash when a semi driven by Jerome River, 58, Summersville, Ind., struck the rear of the disable vehicle, which then struck the cable barrier.

The incident occurred just before 5 a.m. Tuesday.

The driver of the Honda — Lauren D. Reece, 61, Cape Girardeau — was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Rivers was not injured.