Motorcycle rider killed on highway in Barton County

Death on a southwest Missouri highway.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reporting a fatality accident on Missouri 126 about four miles north of Jasper around 12:40 this afternoon.

The Patrol says the accident occurred when an eastbound Yamaha motorcycle operated by 57-year-old Charles C. Hammann of Golden City pulled into the path of a GMC Acadia driven by 71-year-old Elma B. Tatum of Ozark, Missouri.

Harmmann was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:52 p.m. by Barton County Coroner Sarah Rutledge.

It was Highway Patrol Troop D’s 88th traffic fatality so far this year in southwest Missouri.

Tatum was not injured.