LAWRENCE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 5:30p.m. Friday in Lawrence County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Honda Civic driven by a 19-year-old Aurora man was southbound on MO K three miles north of Aurora. The car crossed the center of the road and struck a 2012 Dodge Ram driven by a 36-year-old Springfield man head-on.
The Honda driver was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported the pickup driver and two passengers in the pickup including a 36-year-old woman and a 9-year-old boy to Mercy Hospital. The drivers and female passenger in the pickup were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victim.