ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY. MO – A man was killed Sunday morning after driving his truck off the left side of Highway AA and rolling over, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.
The incident occurred at 9:30 a.m., when 18-year-old Wyatt Hampton drove off the right side, overcorrected, and drove off the left side of the road in his 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe.
Once off-road the Tahoe hit an embankment then flipped over. Authorities pronounced Hampton dead at the scene of the accident.
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