THREE KILLED ON AREA ROADS

Cape Girardeau County authorities were searching for a vehicle involved in a fatal accident Thursday night on Highway 72 near the Jackson city limits.

The Missouri Highway Patrol said a 40-year-old Millersville man was killed about 8:15 p.m. after losing control of his pickup and striking a guard rail. The patrol said the victim was ejected from the pickup and was struck by a vehicle that left the scene.

At 7:41 p.m. Thursday, Cape Girardeau police were called to a two-vehicle accident at South Kingshighway and Interstate 55. Police said the driver of a pickup truck was killed after turning into the path of a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer driver wasn't injured.

A 21-year-old Parma man was killed Thursday morning on Highway 62, four miles east of Risco, when the vehicle he was driving crossed the center line and hit a vehicle head-on.

Steve Rickman, who wasn't wearing a seat belt, died at 7:15 a.m. in the crash. His body was taken to Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid.

Neely McMillon, 60, who was driving the car Rickman struck, was flown to Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff with serious injuries.

A passenger in the McMillon vehicle, Theola Townsend, 32, of Malden, was taken to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston with minor injuries.