LACLEDE COUNTY —A Missouri teen died in an accident just after 8p.m. Thursday in Laclede County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Jeep Wrangler driven by James L. Richardson, 47, Lebanon, was westbound on Highway 32 ten miles west of Lebanon.
A 14-year-old girl jumped from the Jeep. Mercy Lifeline air ambulance transported her to Mercy Springfield where she was pronounced deceased. The driver was not injured and properly restrained, according to the MSHP.