1 dead in Worth County crash

WORTH COUNTY, Mo. (KQTV) -- One person is dead after being ejected from a vehicle on U.S. Highway 169 Sunday night.

The crash occurred around 10:20 p.m. when the 33-year-old male driver, from Diagonal, Iowa, of a 2006 Ford F-250, was southbound on U.S. 169 and was traveling too fast for the conditions on the roadway, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The vehicle traveled off the west side of U.S. 169, started sliding, overcorrected and then overturned, ejecting the driver.

The vehicle came to rest on its top facing east on U.S. 169 at East Farwell Street in Grant City, Missouri. The driver was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m. by Worth County Coroner Sharon Paxson.

The man was transported by Worth County EMS to Prugh Dunfree Funeral Home.

According to the crash report, the man was not wearing a seat belt.