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Man killed in I-70 tractor-trailer crash

A 26-year old man is dead after a crash on Interstate 70.

Columbia police said Patrick Elsey of Boonville was driving his Ford Focus eastbound when it slid into a tractor-trailer, that was stopped by traffic on Wednesday night.

Officers found the crash while heading to an earlier crash that was blocking I-70 near the Range Line Street exit.

The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.

While police do not suspect alcohol or drugs, the investigation is ongoing.

(This story was last updated at 6:49 a.m. Friday.)

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