Two killed after truck pulls into vehicle’s path
Two men were killed and a third was injured Monday morning in an accident in Macks Creek.
Eric C. Branch, 31, of Eldon, was westbound on U.S. 54 at Lake Road 54-85 driving a concrete pumping truck when he made a left turn into the path of a Chevrolet S10 pickup driven by Kevin W. Huckabee, 23, of Macks Creek, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Huckabee was seriously injured and flown to St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. Devin T. Clark, 21, and Dustin S. Vaughn, 23, both passengers in Huckabee’s truck, were pronounced dead at the scene, the patrol reported.