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Excelsior Springs man killed in Clay County crash early Thursday

The man, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from a truck

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Excelsior Springs man killed in Clay County crash early Thursday

The man, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from a truck

The Clay County, Missouri, Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the man killed in a crash near Kearney early Thursday morning. Deputies were called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday near Northeast 128th Street and Jesse James Farm Road. When they arrived on the scene, deputies found a man who had been thrown from a Ford F-150 truck involved in that crash.He was pronounced dead on the scene.That man has been identified as 44-year-old Eric B. Starr of Excelsior Springs. Investigators with the Clay County Traffic Safety Unit determined Starr was traveling at a high rate of speed before his truck overturned multiple times. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the truck.There are no additional details available at this time.

The Clay County, Missouri, Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the man killed in a crash near Kearney early Thursday morning.

Deputies were called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday near Northeast 128th Street and Jesse James Farm Road.

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When they arrived on the scene, deputies found a man who had been thrown from a Ford F-150 truck involved in that crash.

He was pronounced dead on the scene.

That man has been identified as 44-year-old Eric B. Starr of Excelsior Springs.

Investigators with the Clay County Traffic Safety Unit determined Starr was traveling at a high rate of speed before his truck overturned multiple times. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the truck.

There are no additional details available at this time.