MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL RESPONDED TO A FATAL HEAD-ON COLLISION AROUND 10:20PM FRIDAY NIGHT, ON HIGHWAY 42 EAST OF HAWKINS CEMETERY ROAD.
THE CRASH OCCURRED WHEN A 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO, DRIVEN BY 28 YEAR OLD JOHN S SURFACE, WAS TRAVELLING WESTBOUND, CROSSED THE CENTER OF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A 2003 FORD EXPLORER DRIVEN BY, ELIZABETH J GOEWEY, HEAD-ON IN THE EASTBOUND LANE. BOTH DRIVERS WERE PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE, BY THE MILLER COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE. THIS IS TROOP F’S FIRST AND SECOND FATALITIES FOR THE MONTH OF MAY AND 15TH AND 16TH FOR 2020.