NewsMay 5, 2008
Charges mulled in crash that killed Republic teen
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Prosecutors are considering charges against the driver of a wrecker that was parked without lights on a southwest Missouri road when a car hit it, killing a teenager. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the Saturday night crash just north of Joplin killed 18-year-old Jodie Wharf of Republic. Wharf had been riding with her Republic High School friend Tesslah Lee at 8:30 p.m. on a two-lane county road which is unlit...
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Prosecutors are considering charges against the driver of a wrecker that was parked without lights on a southwest Missouri road when a car hit it, killing a teenager.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the Saturday night crash just north of Joplin killed 18-year-old Jodie Wharf of Republic. Wharf had been riding with her Republic High School friend Tesslah Lee at 8:30 p.m. on a two-lane county road which is unlit.
Trooper Brandon Helms said the car Lee was driving slammed into a semi tractor with a flat trailer loaded with trusses. The truck was parked with no lights or reflectors.
The trusses broke loose when the car struck the rear of the trailer.
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Helms said the wrecker driver was off the roadway loading salvage vehicles onto another trailer at the time.
Lee was not seriously hurt.
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Information from: The Springfield News-Leader: http://www.news-leader.com/
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