ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – A 73-year-old St. Louis journalist was killed when investigators say two tires came off a tractor-trailer and crashed through the roof of his car.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 2 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 64. Investigators say two tires came off a tractor-trailer, hit the median and went airborne. The tires crashed through the roof of a passing car, striking and killing 73-year-old Ray Hartmann.
Hartmann was a St. Louis journalist known for founding The Riverfront Times, St. Louis Magazine and for his nearly 40 years on Nine PBS’ debate program “Donnybrook.”
Fellow “Donnybrook” panelist Charlie Brennan says he grew a strong friendship with Hartmann and saw him weekly for the last several decades…