Emporia native Clint Bowyer was involved in a deadly crash in Missouri earlier this month.
WDAF-TV says the crash happened near Osage Beach on June 5. Lake Ozark Police says Bowyer was westbound on US Highway 54 and approaching Missouri Highway 242 when he hit a woman walking from the shoulder to the ramp shortly before 9 pm. Bowyer stopped, called 911 and helped to direct first responders to the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
WDAF says the crash report indicates Bowyer had no signs of impairment and had no blood alcohol content. The woman, identified as 47-year-old Mary Jane Simmons of Camdenton, Missouri, had a “crystalline substance” in her belongings believed to be methamphetamine and was possibly under the influence of drugs, according to a police report.
Bowyer had just gotten off the air from his role as a racing analyst for Fox Sports after a race outside St. Louis. He was not on last weekend’s broadcast.
