Aug 18, 2023

Man dies after pickup overturns on Missouri highway

Posted Aug 18, 2023 1:00 AM

STONE COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 11a.m. Thursday in Stone County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Chevy Colorado driven by Raymond L. Lasseter, 73, Green Forest, Arkansas, was eastbound on MO 86 two miles north of Blue Eye.

The pickup traveled off the road, struck a ditch and overturned.  Lasseter was pronounced dead at Cox Hospital and was transported to Stumpf Funeral Home in Kimberling City. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.