A LaBelle man is dead from injuries suffered in a two vehicle crash on Highway 156 in Newark in Knox County at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday.

The Highway Patrol reports 60 year old Michael Varner was southbound attempting to cross 156. Varner failed to yield and was struck by an eastbound semi driven by 37 year old Joshlin Yoder of Leonard.

Varner was taken to Blessing Hospital in Quincy where he was pronounced dead.

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