SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash near Ebenezer Road on Farm Road 60 and WW Monday, Nov. 30.
According to Sergeant Stevens with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the passenger and driver went off the right side of the road at 4:36 p.m., hit a utility pole and rolled “several times.”
Stevens said the driver, 17-year-old Aleiyah Smith, was ejected and pronounced dead on the scene.
The passenger was taken to the hospital for serious injuries.
Stevens said speed was a factor in the cause of the crash and the name of the victim along with more information will be released later.