NEWTON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before noon Tuesday in Newton County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2003 BMW F650 driven by a 22-year-old Joplin man was eastbound on on Aspen Road threemiles southeast of Joplin.
The motorcycle traveled across a T-intersection, struck a fence and overturned. The rider was pronounced dead at the scene. The patrol did not report if the rider was wearing a helmet. The MSHP no longer releases names of accident victims.