STODDARD COUNTY, MO – State troopers said one person was killed and two others injured in a crash in Stoddard County early Saturday morning.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s report said the two-vehicle accident happened at about 4:50 a.m. on U.S. 60 eastbound, three miles west of Morehouse.
The driver of a 2018 Mercedes Benz GLC crashed into the back of another eastbound vehicle, a 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan, then travelled off the left side of the roadway and overturned, ejecting the driver and passenger in the Mercedes.
The driver, a 28-year-old man from Nacogdoches, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, a 26-year-old man from Houston, Texas, was seriously injured and transported to Region One Medical Center in Memphis.
The Dodge driver, a 50-year-old man from Dexter, Missouri, was taken to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston with minor injuries.
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