Truck driver arrested, charged, following fatal hit and run on Missouri interstate

The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) confirmed that a semi truck driver who was involved in a fatal hit and run crash along I-44 on Monday has been located and charged.

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26, MSHP Troop C confirmed that a truck driver had been taken into police custody in connection with a crash that killed a pedestrian in Sullivan. Troopers thanked the public for their assistance in locating the driver.

The truck driver was later identified as Etem Missark, 44, of Florida. He was charged with felony leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and a careless driving misdemeanor.

The crash occurred at 1:36 p.m. on November 25 on eastbound I-44 near the 225 mile marker (Sullivan) in Franklin County, Missouri.

Troopers say that a pickup and an SUV were parked along the shoulder of I-44 as a 60 year old man was changing a tire. A semi truck left the right side of the interstate and struck the man changing the tire as well as the SUV and the pickup truck, according to MSHP. The driver of the semi did not stay at the crash site.

The man who was struck was pronounced dead at the scene.

Following the crash, MSHP issued a call for public assistance in locating the semi truck driver involved.