West Plains, MO. – A West Plains man was struck by a tractor trailer after walking into traffic Monday afternoon. The incident occurred at 4:47 p.m. at the US 63 – Porter Wagoner merger.
According to witnesses at the scene, Edward M. Horton, 84 of West Plains, was part of a volunteer trash pickup crew and attempted to cross the highway without looking for traffic and walked into the side of a 2000 Kenworth tractor trailer driven by Jerald Schreiber of Columbus, Nebraska. Schreiber saw Horton and swerved in an attempt to avoid the man.
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Horton suffered serious injuries in the accident and was airlifted to Cox South in Springfield for treatment. Neither Schreiber or the truck were harmed in the accident.
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