Alexander Rodriguez Gonzalez, 51, struck and killed, Donald Smith, 34, and Alex Isom, 63, were injured in a icy collision involving two commercial trucks and a pedestrian on Highway 36 in Bucklin, Missouri

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident happened at 3:19 a.m. when a 2016 Freightliner, driven by 63-year-old Alex Isom of Norfolk, Nebraska, lost control on an ice-covered road. The truck collided with a 2019 International SA525 MoDOT truck, operated by 34-year-old Donald D. Smith of Marceline, Missouri. The MoDOT truck subsequently lost control, striking Alexander Rodriguez Gonzalez, a 51-year-old pedestrian from Hialeah, Florida, and the trailer of a stationary 2024 Freightliner.