Dec 15, 2024

Missouri teen dies after pickup rolls, strikes a tree

Posted Dec 15, 2024 6:30 PM

REYNOLDS COUNTY —A Missouri teen died in an accident just before 11:30p.m. Saturday in Reynolds County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Chevy 1500 driven by a 17-year-old from Ellington was southbound on Highway 21 three miles south of Ellington. 

The pickup traveled off the road, rolled and struck a tree. The county coroner pronounced the boy dead at the scene and he was transported to Mcsadden Funeral Home. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.