TEXAS COUNTY, Mo. —One person died in an accident just after 9:30p.m. Tuesday in Texas County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Dodge Ram driven by Natthanael T. Giese, 34,Willow Springs, was eastbound on Freedom Road approximately six miles north of Willow Springs.
The driver failed to negotiate a curve. The pickup traveled off the let side of the road and the driver overcorrected. The vehicle traveled off the right side of the road, struck an embankment, overturned and the driver was ejected.
Giese was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the Willow Springs Funeral Home. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.