CALDWELL COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 2:30p.m. Wednesday in Caldwell County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2002 PT Cruiser driven by Dennis L. Huffman, 78, Braymer, was eastbound on MO 116 at Gold Road five miles east of Lathrop.
The vehicle traveled off the south side of the road. The driver overcorrected and the vehicle returned to the road, skidded off the north side of the road into a ditch and rotated 180 degrees.
EMS transported the driver and a passenger Marilyn S. Huffman, 78, Braymer to Liberty Hospital where she died. They were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.