PACIFIC, Mo. — An 80-year-old man was killed when he drove into a tractor-trailer that was trying to turn off Historic Route 66 in Pacific, Missouri, Tuesday afternoon.
According to the crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 80-year-old Delmer Walton was driving his Dodge Ram 2500 van west on the shoulder along the 18700 block of Historic Route 66. At around 4:45 p.m., Walton struck a tractor-trailer that was trying to turn from the road onto a parking lot.
Police and first responders arrived at the scene a short time later, where Walton was pronounced dead.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.
