NEWTON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 5p.m. Monday in Newton County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2023 Chevy Trailblazer driven by a 55-year-old Granby man was northbound on Highway J three miles east of Diamond. The driver failed to yield to a westbound 2003 Ford F250 driven by a 45-year-old Pierce City man.
A 6-year-old Pierce City boy in the pickup was pronounced dead at the scene. Newton County ambulance transported the driver of the pickup, a 45-year-old woman, an 8-year-old boy in the pickup and the driver of the SUV to Freeman West in Joplin. All five were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.