A Galena teen was killed in a one-vehicle accident 4:55 p.m. Monday on MO 176, four miles east of Galena.
According to the Highway Patrol report, a 1987 Ford F-150 driven by Lawrence R. Carter, 16, Galena, failed to negotiate a curve due to speed, traveled off the right side of the roadway, returned to the roadway then slid off the left side, overturning and hitting two road signs. Carter was ejected.
Stone County Deputy Coroner Jerry Jenkins pronounced Carter dead at 5:22 p.m.
The fatality was the 93rd this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.
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