The Highway Patrol says a Springfield man has died in a crash on Highway 54 in Cole County.
David March was driving his tractor-trailer east on Highway 54 near the Hickory Hill area at around 7 a.m. Monday when it ran off the road into a ditch, then caught fire.
We’re on scene of a fatal tractor trailer crash on Eastbound US 54 at United Road (Hickory Hill area). No other vehicles involved. Major Crash Investigation Unit responding.
EB US 54 is down to one lane. #ColeCounty pic.twitter.com/QWOGqupF6x
— MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF) June 1, 2020
March was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 49 years old.