LEBANON, MO (LACLEDE COUNTY) – A pedestrian was injured after being hit in the head with cargo from a passing vehicle in Laclede County Thursday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The incident happened at 6 a.m. on Missouri Highway 32, less than a mile east of Lebanon.
An unidentified vehicle was passing Lebanon man Wesley D. Yonts, 38, when part of its hauled cargo struck the pedestrian in the head. The vehicle left the scene.
Yonts was moderately injured, but according to the report, did not go to the hospital.
There is no information about the suspected driver available at this time.
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