Driver found with gunshot wound to head after crash in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Springfield police launched a death investigation after a man who was shot crashed into two other vehicles.

Officers were called to National and Primrose to respond to an accident just before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A Ford F-150 attempted to drive between two other vehicles on the national highway, resulting in a minor accident.

No one was injured in the accident, but when people in the area checked on the driver of the pickup truck, they found him slumped in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound to the head. The officer told us it's unclear how the man was shot, but they don't believe there is a threat to the public.

Large portions of National Avenue and James River Avenue were closed for approximately two hours during the investigation. But the roads will soon be reopened.

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