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Thursday night crash north of Crocker kills Greenwood, MO man
July 2, 2011
Special to the Lee's Summit Tribune
By: Darrell Todd Maurina
Pulaski County Daily News
Crocker firefighters work to clean up a fatal wreck north of town on Highway 17
Photo courtesy of Darrell Todd Maurina
Investigators from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s major crash team continue to investigate what caused a fatal wreck Thursday night on Highway 17 north of Crocker in which the towed unit of a dump truck smashed into a pickup, killing the driver and seriously injuring his passenger.
Stephen L. Hutinett, 52, of Greenwood, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash about two miles north of Crocker by county coroner Mikel Hartness. His body had to be extricated from the wreckage, which blocked Highway 17 about four hours pending the investigation by the state patrol’s major crash team, whose members took extensive measurements on the crash scene.
While the investigation is ongoing, troopers reported that Hutinett had been driving southbound in a 2000 Ford F-150 pickup at 10:08 p.m. when his vehicle struck the towed unit of a northbound 1990 Mack dump truck driven by Kenneth E. Helton, 41, of Crocker. Hutinett, who was pronounced dead at 11:08 p.m., had been wearing his seat belt, as was his passenger, Sharon J. Hutinett, 48, also of Greenwood, who was transported by Pulaski County Ambulance District personnel to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach.
Helton’s dump truck was not damaged and Helton, who had not been wearing his seat belt, was not hurt. The dump truck was removed by Jack’s Towing; Hutinett’s pickup was totaled and removed by Gary’s Towing.
Pulaski County Ambulance District personnel remained on the crash scene until the crash was cleared about 2 a.m. and transported Hutinett’s body to Long-Kloeppel Funeral Home in Crocker.
The force of the impact smashed the towed unit, owned by Sloan Excavating, into the pickup truck. A backhoe from Sloan Excavating was used to pull the two vehicles apart, a process which began about 1 a.m.
The major crash team arrived shortly after midnight; Crocker firefighters sent three fire trucks and 15 firefighters to the scene to control traffic and assist with the extrication, which finished about 1:40 a.m.
Crocker police also assisted at the crash scene; Tri-County firefighters from Richland and Iberia firefighters were placed on standby to handle any additional incidents which might have happened while Crocker personnel were busy at the Highway 17 wreck.
www.pulaskicountydaily.com
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