A High Ridge man is dead after an off-road vehicle overturned on a rural stretch of road in Dent County early Saturday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 12:25 a.m. on County Road 6520, south of County Road 6670, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Accounts of exactly who died and in what role differ between outlets. As reported by OzarksFirst, the man killed was a 57-year-old passenger from High Ridge, while the vehicle itself was driven by a 58-year-old man from Salem who was heading north on County Road 6520 when it overturned. KMOV likewise reported, citing the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, that the 57-year-old High Ridge man was a passenger on the side-by-side and died at the scene.
A separate account from KRCG described the person who died differently, reporting that a 58-year-old man was operating a Can-Am Maverick Sport XRC when the vehicle overturned and that he was pronounced dead on the scene. The discrepancy between the two versions — a 57-year-old passenger versus a 58-year-old driver — has not been resolved in either report.
Seatbelt Not In Use, Troopers Say
KRCG's report notes that the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the man was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The same vehicle involved was identified as a Can-Am Maverick Sport XRC, which overturned during the wreck, per the patrol's account relayed by KRCG.
Following the crash, the deceased man's body was transported to the Dent County morgue, according to the same OzarksFirst report cited above. No further details on the cause of the rollover, road conditions, or any citations have been released.
Part of a Grim October for Troop I
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the Dent County crash marked Troop I's seventh traffic fatality in October and the 36th fatality the troop has recorded in 2026, according to OzarksFirst's reporting. It comes months after a separate wreck in the same county, a three-vehicle collision involving a dune buggy in August, that resulted in two deaths, as previously reported by OzarksFirst.
