AVALON, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri man died after a collision occurred while a woman was blowing grass of a highway with a leaf blower, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
The patrol said Charles Plummer, 75, of Hale, was on a stopped utility vehicle Sunday night on Route JJ about 1.5 miles north of Avalon. Susan Bachman, 63, of Chillicothe, was standing in front of Plummer’s UTV blowing grass off the highway.
A pickup truck driven by Steven Wilson, 33, of Chillicothe, hit Plummer from behind, forcing the UTV into Bachman, the patrol said.
Plummer was flown to a hospital in Liberty, where he died of his injuries. Bachman was hospitalized with serious injuries. Wilson was not injured.
