Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Republic man killed in one-vehicle accident

A Republic man was killed in a one-vehicle accident 9:07 p.m. Tuesday on MO 360, just south of Route MM in Republic.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2015 Chevrolet 3500 pickup driven by Michael D. Porterfield, 50, Republic, ran off the left side of the roadway, struck a guard rail, a large sign and a concrete base. Dr. Kevin Christian pronounced Porterfield dead at 10:04 p.m. at Cox South Hospital, Springfield.

The fatality was the 102nd of the year and the sixth in November for Highway Patrol Troop D.

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