A 44-year-old man from Columbia was fatally struck along Interstate 70 on Tuesday.
According to an X post from MSHP Troop F, the pedestrian was struck on eastbound Interstate 70 at the 137 mile marker near the county line between Boone and Callaway counties.
According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 44-year old man was walking in the left lane of the interstate just before 10 p.m. when he was hit by a semitruck headed eastbound.
The driver of the semitruck was a 51-year-old man from Buchanan, Tennessee, according to the crash report.