FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 15, 2019
SPD Releases Name of Pedestrian Killed in Crash on U.S. 65
At 7:53 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2019, Springfield Police Officers responded to U.S 65 Highway and Division Street regarding a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian.
A 2013 Ford F-150, driven by 25-year-old Joseph Hays of Springfield, MO, was in the right outside lane of U.S 65 Highway traveling southbound when it struck a female pedestrian who entered the highway from the west to the east. The pedestrian died from injuries related to the crash at the scene.
The pedestrian has been identified as 26-year-old Cicily R. Heimburg. Next of kin notifications have been made. Impairment is not suspected at this time. The investigation is on-going.
This is the thirteenth fatal motor vehicle crash in Springfield in 2019.
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Case number: 19-40443
Media Contact: PAO Jasmine Bailey
417-864-1786
[email protected]
Release authorized by Lt. Robert Byrne