El Dorado Springs man killed, two Arkansas residents flown to Cox South after collision on 82

One person was killed and two others injured in a two-vehicle collision 8:14 p.m. Saturday on MO 82 three miles northeast of El Dorado Springs.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2007 SAAB 93 driven by Eric Bote, 40, El Dorado Springs, crossed the center line and collided with a 1992 Dodge Ram van driven by Sarah Nickerson, 48, Prairie Grove, Arkansas.

St. Clair County Deputy Coroner Michael Watson pronounced Bote dead at the scene at 9:21 p.m.

Nickerson and a passenger in her vehicle, Ryan M. Bradburn, 44, Prairie Grove, were airlifted to Cox South Hospital, Springfield, to be treated for serious injuries.

The fatality was the 14th this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.