According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2007 Nissan Altima driven by a 17-year-old Seneca boy crossed the center of the road, overcorrected, traveled off the right side of the road, overturned and hit a tree.
A passenger, Steven N. Keith, 18, Seneca, was pronounced dead at the scene by Newton County Coroner Jerry Deems at 3:22 p.m.
The driver and another passenger, Benjamin M. Greene, 18, Seneca, were treated for minor injuries at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin.
The fatality was the 53rd this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.
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