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MO Trooper Hurt In Crash Near Sullivan

All News RSS Feed State News Wednesday, January 4th, 2023

A Missouri State trooper is hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a pickup truck while doing a pedestrian check.

It happened in Crawford County four miles west of Sullivan. On the South Otter Road.

Saturday evening a little before 6:30, 25-year-old Colby B. Townsend of Rolla was on the side of the road checking up on a pedestrian when a westbound 2017 Dodge Ram 1500, driven by 74-year-old William D. King of Cuba either didn’t see the trooper or wasn’t paying attention and hit him.

Townsend was air evacuated to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis for treatment.

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Reporter Bill Robbins