By Associated Press - Monday, October 10, 2016

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say a pedestrian has been killed while crossing a highway in southeast Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a car struck 26-year-old Charles R. Colbert III, of Wappapello, on Sunday night on Route T in Butler County. The Butler County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

The car’s driver wasn’t hurt.



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