SHANNON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 4p.m. Wednesday in Shannon County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Toyota Yaris driven by a 64-year-old Salem, Missouri, man was northbound on MO 19 seventeen miles north of Eminence. The car traveled off the road and struck the south side of the Round Spring Bridge.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Wilson Mortuary. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.