BARTON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Wednesday in Barton County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Chevy Cavalier driven by a 52-year-old Nevada, Mo., man was southbound on Interstate 49 three miles south of Lamar. The car rear-ended a 2015 Ford transit van driven by a 42-year-old Hollywood, California man.
The car driver was pronounced deceased at Cox Hospital. EMS also transported the van driver to Cox Hospital. The MSHP had incomplete seat belt usage information.