Jackson man dies in Thursday afternoon accident

STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY, Mo. - A 27-year-old Jackson man died in a one-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon.

Barry E. Brueggeman was turning onto Route C from Highway 32 and was traveling too fast around 4 p.m. Thursday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The load in his 2000 Kenworth tractor trailer shifted, causing his vehicle to overturn.

Brueggeman was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:05 p.m.

A former NCAA All-American football player, Brueggeman played offensive line and was a captain for Quincy University in Quincy, Ill. He later played for the River City Rage of the United Indoor Football League.

Quincy University head coach Bill Terlisner recruited Brueggeman while he was a student at Southwestern High School in Piasa, Ill.

"I'm just speechless," Terlisner said Friday morning. "He was a great player and person and led by example."

Brueggeman and his wife, Deana, are expecting their first child in the coming weeks, Terlisner said.