According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2018 Peterbilt driven by a 26-year-old Joplin man experienced a tire defect. The driver overcorrected causing the vehicle to overturn in the median.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:30 p.m. by a Greene County medical examiner.
A passenger, an 18-year-old Joplin woman was airlifted to Mercy Springfield with serious injuries.
The fatality was the 26th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.
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