BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) -An 80-year-old man from Warsaw, Mo., has died after a crash in Benton County Friday morning.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on US-65 southbound, north of Yoder Avenue, just before 7 a.m.

Troopers said the man was in a truck headed northbound when it crossed the center line and hit a semi-truck head-on.

After the impact, the semi-truck slowed down and came to a stop on the shoulder of the southbound lane, troopers said.

The truck that crossed the center line began to skid across the northbound lanes and overturned into a ditch. The man was not wearing a seatbelt, according to troopers.

Troopers said the driver of the semi-truck, a 22-year-old man from Fortuna, Mo., sustained minor injuries. He was treated and released on the

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