Driver fatally collides with semi-truck on I-57 near Mount Vernon

MOUNT VERNON, MO – A driver fatally struck a semi-truck on I-57 Wednesday, according to The Telegraph.

Terry Stromski, 76, was driving a GMC Sierra truck when he collided with a stopped semi-truck operated by Nodell D. Graves, 31, around 2:32 p.m.

Stromski was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife and passenger, Kathy Stromski, 31, was transported to an area hospital where she later died.  Graves was unharmed in the collision.

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