HOLLAND, Mo. -- A Wappapello man was killed when he was struck by a car while walking along Interstate 55.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 12:55 a.m. Tuesday, a northbound vehicle driven by Dong G. Huang, 48, of Glendale Heights, Ill., struck a pedestrian, identified as Charles E. Maronay, 43, who was walking in the roadway at the .4 mile marker on Interstate 55.
Maronay was pronounced dead at the scene by acting Pemiscot County Coroner Eddie Holloway at 3:15 a.m. This is the 28th fatality for Troop E this year.