Central States NEWS: Lee's Summit Man Dead After Being Struck By A Car in Springfield MO

The SPRINGFIELD (MO) NEWS-LEADER reports that a pedestrian- reported as "24-year-old William McCreary of Lee's Summit-" was struck and killed by a motorist who lost control of his car on a Springfield street Thursday.

(Photo courtesy of The SPRINGFIELD NEWS-LEADER)

The NEWS-LEADER says the male driver of a sports car apparently lost control of his vehicle while driving over railroad tracks in the 1300 block of St. Louis Street- struck Mr. McCreary who was by a bus stop- then sheared off a utility pole.

The driver of the car reportedly suffered critical injuries in the crash and had to be extricated from the car by firefighters.

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