STODDARD COUNTY, MO – One person was killed and another injured when their vehicles collided in Stoddard County on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s accident report, the crash happened on U.S. 60 at Route FF, one mile north of Essex at 4:39 p.m.
State troopers determined that the driver of a northbound Polaris 1000 failed to yield to a westbound 2013 Toyota Highlander and struck the Toyota.
The driver of the Polaris, a 53-year-old man from Essex, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a safety device, the MSHP said.
The Toyota driver, a 75-year-old woman from Cartersville, Georgia, suffered moderate injuries and was taken by New Madrid Ambulance to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.
The Major Crash Investigative Unit of Troop E conducted the investigation.
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