HOLT COUNTY—A Missouri teen died in an accident just after 6:30p.m. Sunday in Holt County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Kenworth semi driven by Jason D. Fedak, 58, Spring, Texas, was northbound on Interstate 29 just south of the Rulo exit.
The driver attempted to merge into the passing lane occupied by a northbound 2001 Honda Coupe driven by Sarah M. Lockridge, 27, Cape Girardeau. The semi struck the rear passenger door of the Honda.
After impact, the Honda traveled across the median and into the southbound lanes. A southbound 2006 Subaru Outback driven by James D. Hood, 50, Staplehurst, Nebraska, struck the front passenger door of the Honda. The Honda then skidded into the ditch where it struck a tree.
A 16-year-old boy in the Honda from Cape Girardeau was pronounced dead at the scene. Atchison-Holt ambulance transported Lockridge and Hood to Mosaic Life Care. A 13-year-old boy in the Honda from ape Girardeau refused medical treatment. Fedak was not injured.