Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Carthage man killed, teen taken by Life Flight to KC

A Carthage man was killed in a one-vehicle crash 8:20 a.m. today on MO 86 north of Racine.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2005 GMC truck driven by Joshua I. Marrs, 23, Carthage, traveled off the right side of the roadway, Marrs overcorrected and it traveled off the left side of the roadway and oveturned.

Marrs was pronounced dead at 9:42 a.m. at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin.

A passenger in the truck, Jacob K. Hall, 16, Neosho, was taken by life flight to Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, with serious injuries.

The fatality was the 85th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D and the third in November.

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