One person died Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash on southbound U.S. Highway 67 near Missouri Route Y, just north of Bonne Terre, in St. Francois County. Troopers say the car traveled off the left side of the road before overturning.
The crash was reported by First Alert 4, which cited the Missouri State Highway Patrol in detailing how the vehicle left the roadway and flipped. The outlet reported that the crash occurred on southbound 67 near Route Y. KMOV also carried the report Friday, citing First Alert 4.
No further details about the driver or what led up to the crash have been released. The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating, and the agency has not yet said what caused the vehicle to leave the road.
Another Deadly Crash on Highway 67
Friday's crash is not the only fatal wreck reported on U.S. Highway 67 in St. Francois County. A 16-year-old girl from Bonne Terre was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Oct. 11 while she was fleeing from law enforcement, according to KBSI. That crash happened around 9:21 a.m. on southbound Highway 67, just north of Highway 32.
In that earlier incident, the station reported that the teen's vehicle veered off the west side of the road, went down a steep embankment, overturned, and ejected the driver. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and her name was withheld in accordance with the Missouri State Highway Patrol's policy on identifying juveniles in crash reports.
It remains unclear whether the two crashes share any connection beyond occurring on the same highway corridor in St. Francois County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol has not indicated that Friday's crash is related to the earlier one, and investigators are still working to determine what happened this time.
