Two killed in head-on collision on Highway 43 Friday

A collision on Highway 43 in Barton County has claimed the lives of two men from southwest Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it happened at 10:17am Friday, when a semi truck tractor-trailer crossed the center line and hit a FedEx truck head-on. The FedEx vehicle then caught fire.

The driver of the semi was 61-year-old Leigh Clayton of Knob Noster.

The driver of the FedEx truck was 45-year-old Joshua Wright of Joplin.

They were both pronounced dead at the scene.