Man from El Dorado Springs dies in fatal crash on Highway 54

A man from El Dorado Springs died in a head-on crash involving a tractor-trailer.

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers identified the victim as 30-year old Clinton Stacy.

The crash just took place a little after midnight on U.S. 54, four miles west of El Dorado Springs.

The Patrol say Stacy was driving east when a tractor-trailer crossed the center line and hit his pickup.

Stacy died at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer suffered serious injuries and was taken to a Joplin hospital.