Crime

Grandview man struck and killed by truck while walking along Interstate 35 in Missouri

A Grandview man was killed Saturday when he struck by a semi truck in Daviess County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Officials were called around 2:45 a.m. Saturday to a crash scene on Interstate 35 northeast of Kansas City, according to a crash report from highway patrol.

A semi truck was headed south on the interstate when it collided with an empty SUV parked partially on the left side of the road, according to the report.

Darwin Alberto Chavez Cardoza, 26, was walking southbound, away from the empty SUV parked on the road, when the semi struck the SUV, went off the west side of the road, then struck him. He was pronounced dead a couple of hours later, the patrol said.

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This story was originally published October 11, 2020 at 8:49 AM.

Anna Spoerre
The Kansas City Star
Anna Spoerre covers breaking news for the Kansas City Star. Before joining The Star in 2020, she covered crime and courts for the Des Moines Register. Spoerre is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she studied journalism.
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