LACLEDE COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Sunday in Laclede County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2007 GMC Yukon driven by Stormi L. Carter, 32, Huntsville, Arkansas, was westbound on Interstate 44 at Phillipsburg.
The SUV struck a pedestrian identified as Ronald Nelson, 80, Hesperia, California, who had walked onto the highway.
Nelson was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to a funeral home in Lebanon.