HOWELL COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 3:30a.m. Thursday in Howell County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Ford F250 driven by a 40-year-old Marionville man was southbound in the northbound lane of U.S. 63 four miles north of West Plains. The pickup struck a 1991 Ford F250 driven by a 48-year-old West Plains man head-on.
The West Plains man was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Drago Funeral Home. EMS transported the other driver to Ozark Health. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.