According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2003 Ford F-150 driven by 16-year-old Carthage boy traveled off the right side of the roadway, returned to the roadway, began skidding, traveled off the left side of the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire.
Jasper County Deputy Coroner Keith Lancaster pronounced the juvenile dead at at the scene at 7:52 p.m.
A 15-year-old male juvenile was taken to Mercy Hospital, Joplin, with serious injuries.
The fatality was the 85th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.
(Note: The Highway Patrol has stopped releasing the names of anyone under 17 who is involved in an accident.)
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