Feb 28, 2025

Missouri man dies after pickup strikes mailbox, overturns

Posted Feb 28, 2025 10:00 AM

WRIGHT COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 3:30p.m. Thursday in Wright County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1994 GMC pickup driven by a 28-year-old Mansfield man was northbound on Highway EE three miles northwest of Mansfield. The pickup traveled off the right side of the road, struck a mailbox, culvert, skidded, overturned and overturned.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.  Cox ambulance transported a 23-year-old Springfield man to Cox South Hospital. Life Flight transported a 20-year-old Springfield man to Cox South Hospital.  The driver and 23-year-old were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.