NEW MADRID COUNTY —Four people died in an accident just after 4:30p.m Tuesday in New Madrid County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Jeep driven by a 41-year-old Lilbourn, Missouri, man was westbound on on Route U one half mile west of New Madrid.
The driver lost of the car. The vehicle crossed the center line and struck an eastbound 2004 Dodge Stratus driven by a 17-year-old Lilbourn, Missouri girl
Both drivers, a 1-year-old girl and a 4-year-old girl who were passengers in the Jeep were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the New Madrid morgue. All four were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.