Was he a member here? Dart crash killed driver
A northeast Missouri man is dead after a rollover crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia, Missouri.
That four-vehicle wreck happened Wednesday afternoon.
The Columbia Police Department identifies the victim as Robert Johnston, 60, of Green Castle, Missouri.
Johnston's wife, Mary, also of Green Castle, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the crash happened as I-70 traffic started slowing for an unknown reason.
Investigators said, at some point, the Johnstons' 1968 Dodge Dart crashed into the back of a full-size van.
Johnston's car was also rear-ended by a semi and pushed into the side of another tractor-trailer.
The impact forced the vintage car into a ditch where it rolled over and partially ejected Robert Johnston.
He was pinned under the car and pronounced dead at the scene.
The Columbia Missourian reports Johnston was wearing a seat belt, but it was just a lap belt because it was such an old car.
A police officer told the Missourian that Johnston slid from over or under the lap belt. That is how he was partially ejected.
The funeral service for Robert Johnston will be at noon on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Kirksville.
Northeast Missouri man killed in I-70 crash
A northeast Missouri man is dead after a rollover crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia, Missouri.
That four-vehicle wreck happened Wednesday afternoon.
The Columbia Police Department identifies the victim as Robert Johnston, 60, of Green Castle, Missouri.
Johnston's wife, Mary, also of Green Castle, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the crash happened as I-70 traffic started slowing for an unknown reason.
Investigators said, at some point, the Johnstons' 1968 Dodge Dart crashed into the back of a full-size van.
Johnston's car was also rear-ended by a semi and pushed into the side of another tractor-trailer.
The impact forced the vintage car into a ditch where it rolled over and partially ejected Robert Johnston.
He was pinned under the car and pronounced dead at the scene.
The Columbia Missourian reports Johnston was wearing a seat belt, but it was just a lap belt because it was such an old car.
A police officer told the Missourian that Johnston slid from over or under the lap belt. That is how he was partially ejected.
The funeral service for Robert Johnston will be at noon on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Kirksville.
Northeast Missouri man killed in I-70 crash