Seymour woman killed in UTV accident

A Seymour woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident that occurred sometime between 5 p.m. Sunday and 8:49 a.m. today on private property along Highway BB, one mile south of Seymour.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2012 John Deere Gator UTV driven by Rebecca S. Tavares, 65, Seymour, was westbound in a field, struck a fence post and overturned.

Tavares was ejected and trapped under the vehicle.







Webster County Deputy Coroner Robby Jernigan pronounced Tavares dead at the scene at 9:44 a.m.

The fatality was the sixth for Highway Patrol Troop D for 2020.