According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2002 Subaru Crosstrek driven by a 57-year-old Carl Junction man traveled off the roadway, struck a guardrail, returned to the road and was struck by a 2025 Freightliner Cascadia driven by a 43-year-old Auburndale, Florida woman.
Lawrence County Coroner Scott Lakin pronounced the Carl Junction man dead at the scene at 11:49 a.m.
The fatality was the 53rd this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.