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MSHP investigating fatal trash truck accident

Fatal dump truck crash on Wednesday near Columbia- photo courtesy KOMU
Fatal dump truck crash on Wednesday near Columbia- photo courtesy KOMU

FULTON – A Missouri man died in an accident just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday in rural Callaway County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Freightliner dump truck driven by Danny L. Boyken, 52, Columbia, was exiting the left side of County Road 325 one mile east of County Road 334 when the vehicle overturned.

Boyken was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the University of Missouri Morgue.

The MSHP reported he was not wearing a seat belt.

The accident remains under investigation.

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