Friday, April 8, 2016

Springfield woman killed in accident on 43

A Springfield woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident 3:54 a.m. Thursday on Route U, at Missouri 43, inside Seneca.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2000 Buick Century driven by Sherry L. Sappington, 61, Springfield, failed to stop for a stop sign at a T intersection, ran off the east side of the roadway and struck a fence and a tree.

Deputy Coroner Jerry Deems pronounced Sappington dead at the scene.

The fatality was the 30th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.

Sappington was a 1974 graduate of East Newton High School.

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