SPRINGFIELD, Missouri – A decorated combat veteran with a wife and three children was struck and killed on the side of the road Thursday after he stopped to help a stranded motorist, according to foxnews.com.
Aaron J. Eidem, 37, was struck by his own Toyota Avalon, after the parked car was hit by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 44 just west of Springfield, Miss., where he lived. Eidem had pulled over to help a motorist move a disabled vehicle from the inside shoulder of the highway to the right shoulder, which was deemed a safer spot to change a tire, an officer at the scene told the Springfield News-Leader.
After hitting Eidem’s car, the tractor-trailer hit another vehicle, which then collided with a second tractor-trailer. No other injuries were reported, however.
A U.S. Army captain, Eidem was also an assistant professor of military science at Missouri State University.
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