TANEY COUNTY—A Missouri man died in an accident just after 10p.m. Saturday in Taney County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire was eastbound on Route EE in Rockaway Beach.
The car traveled off the road, overturned and a passenger identified as Edward J. Cummins, 54, Forsyth, was ejected. The driver fled the scene, according to the MSHP.
Cummins was pronounced dead at scene and was transported to KSE funeral home in Forsyth. The accident remains under investigation.