Salem man killed in head-on crash of semi-trucks in Howell County

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A man from Salem has been killed in a Howell County accident involving two semi-trucks. The crash Wednesday afternoon claimed the life of 35-year-old Roy A. Martin. The other driver, 35-year-old Justin R. McClain of Malden, Missouri, was air-lifted to Cox Medical Center South in Springfield with serious injuries.

According to the accident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident happened when Martin’s tractor-trailer crossed the center line and hit McClain’s tractor-trailer head-on.

The crash happened on U.S. Highway 63, four miles south of West Plains at 4:37 Wednesday afternoon.

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