PEDESTRIAN KILLED NEAR KENNETT ROAD

KENNETT -- One man was killed and another injured early Saturday when a tractor trailer ran into a car they were working on at the side of the road.

James Dillard, 49, of Hayti was taken to Twin Rivers Hospital and later airlifted to St. Francis Medical Center where he died. Glenn Pogue, 39, of Hayti also was airlifted to St. Francis Medical Center after the 12:35 a.m. accident.

The driver of the tractor trailer was William Shepard, 41, of Red Bud, Ill.

The mishap occurred on U.S. 412 four miles east of Kennett.

A spokeswoman for the Missouri Highway Patrol said Dillard and Pogue were standing between two vehicles parked front to front at the side of the road when the eastbound tractor trailer ran into the disabled rear vehicle, pushing it into the other vehicle.