Accident near Eldorado Springs Saturday night kills one, injures two

An accident on Missouri HIghway 82, about three miles north of Eldorado Springs took the life of a man from that city.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred around 8:14 Saturday night when an eastbound car driven by 40-year-old Eric Bote crossed the center line and collided with a westbound van driven by 48-year old Sarah Nickerson of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.

Bote was pronounced dead at the scene.

Nickerson and her passenger, 44-year-old Ryan M. Bradburn of Priaire Grove, Ark., both suffered serious injuries.

They were transported by air to Cox South Hospital in Springfield.