Scott City man killed in Saturday accident

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- A 26-year-old Scott City man was killed Saturday after a single-car accident on Interstate 55.

Cory Don Adam Ezell was either walking alongside or was on the northbound lane of Interstate 55 in Scott City at about 10:48 p.m. when he was struck by a car and killed, Scott County chief deputy coroner Jerry Goin said Tuesday.

Ezell was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:48 p.m.

Ezell was a graduate of Woodland High School in Marble Hill, Mo., and served in the U.S. Navy. He had one son.

Visitation will be from noon to service time Thursday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Mo.

The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Fred Ritter officiating.

Scott City police chief Don Cobb said Monday the driver of a car in the northbound lane of I-55 near the 90 mile marker hit Ezell walking on or crossing the highway's lanes.

Cobb said the driver, who was alone in the car, was transported to a local hospital with "some significant injuries."

Cobb said the driver was not exceeding the speed limit and no charges will be filed.

The Scott County Sheriff's Department closed the northbound lanes until about 1 a.m., Walter said, adding that traffic was heavy at that time of night.

Scott County Sheriff's Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol and Scott City fire and rescue responded to the scene, Cobb said.

Read Wednesday's Southeast Missourian for the full story.