Metro-east woman dead after Christmas Eve crash in rural Missouri
A woman from Dupo was killed in a Christmas Eve crash in rural Lawrence County, Missouri.
Mary L. Smith, 70, was the passenger in a 2010 Ford Fusion headed southbound on Route H, when the car failed to negotiate a sharp curve, left the road and struck an abandoned house, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred at about 6:20 p.m. Sunday and Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Fusion was Irvin T. Smith, 75, who was transported to a Joplin area hospital with moderate injuries, according to the highway patrol.
Lawrence County is in southwest Missouri, about 41 miles west of Springfield.
