SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- An Amish Mennonite farmer with 10 children is dead after a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer collided in Springfield.
The Springfield News-Leader reported that the victim has been identified as 42-year-old Edward Kropf.
Springfield police said his brother, Edwin, was driving the pickup truck and was injured in Friday's crash.
Witnesses told police the pickup ran a red light. A tractor-trailer then smashed into the side of the truck, pushing it into another vehicle hauling a trailer load of windows.
Kenneth Kropf, Edward and Edwin's nephew, said his Amish Mennonite uncles raised cattle and grew soybeans in the Everton area. Old Order Amish use horse-driven transportation while some Amish Mennonite groups permit members to drive engine-powered vehicles.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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