Accident on Route 43 kills woman from Pittsburg

There’s been another fatality on Route 43.

It happened at 9:25 p.m. Saturday on Highway 43 about two miles north of Moundville.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash occurred when a southbound 2015 Ford Fusion driven by 21-year-old Torie N. Thomas of Pittsburg, ran off the roadway, struck a driveway entrance and overturned.

Thomas, who the Patrol says was not wearing a safety device, was pronounced dead shortly after the accident by the Vernon County Deputy Coroner.

Route 43 has been the scene of other fatality accidents over the last few weeks.

Thomas’s death was SW Missouri Highway Patrol Troop D’s 105th fatality so far in 2022.