Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Bryant Gladney was killed today at an early morning vehicle accident on Interstate 70.
A Boone County assistant fire chief died after being struck while in his vehicle during operations at a vehicle crash on Interstate 70 early Wednesday morning.
Boone County Fire Protection District firefighters were working a vehicle accident involving a semi-truck on Interstate 70 east of Columbia when another semi slammed into the chief's vehicle, propelling it into a University Ambulance, according to aFacebook post by Boone County Fire Protection District.
Bryant Gladney was extricated and transported to University hospital where he died a short time later.