POLK COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 4:30p.m. Monday in Polk County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 driven by a 62-year-old Flemington man was eastbound on Highway 83 approximately one and one half miles north of Rondo. The driver failed to stop at the stop sign and struck a southbound 2017 Chevy Equinox driven by a 37-year-old Wheatland woman.
A 59-year-old female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. An air-ambulance transported both drivers to the hospital in Bolivar. The pickup driver was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.