Trooper Struck By Driver On New Year's Recovering
Fri, 01/13/2023 - 9:14am
Ryan Storz
A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper is recovering after being airlifted to a St. Louis hospital New Year Eve.
Colby B. Townsend, 25, Rolla was struck on the South Outer Road in Crawford County at 6:20 p.m.
According to the patrol, the accident occurred at 6:20 p.m., four miles west of Sullivan, when a 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 struck Townsend as he was roadside.
Townsend was checking on another pedestrian.
The driver, William D. King, 74, Cuba, failed to observe Townsend and struck him.
Townsend’s family posted on Facebook that he has three broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae.
Townsend graduated as a member of the 109th recruit class in 2020 and was assigned to Crawford County.