Four Southwest Missouri teenagers were killed and four others injured during a one-vehicle crash 10:40 p.m. Wednesday on Pleasant View Road four miles west of Highlandville.
According to the Highway Patrol report, a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Landon C. Potts, 17, Nixa, southbound on Pleasant View Road traveled off the left side of the road and struck a tree.
Pronounced dead at the scene by Stone County Coroner John Cunningham were Potts and three passengers, Logan A. Middleton, 19, Nixa, Lance D. Porterfield, 19, Sparta, and Cody R. Uber, 19, Nixa.
None of the deceased was wearing a safety belt, according to the report.
Two other passengers, William M. Ramage, 19, Nixa, and Dylan Wright, 19, Ozark, were taken to Cox South Hospital, Springfield, with serious injuries. Both were wearing seatbelts.
Passengers Wyatt T. Beebe, 18, Nixa, and Tyler R. Rollings, 18, Nixa, suffered minor injuries and were not transported. The Highway Patrol report indicated Beebe wore a seatbelt, but Rollings did not.
The fatalities were the 86th, 87th, 88th, and 89th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D, which has had seven fatalities in November.
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