Crash Report Details


Crash Information
Investigated By Incident# GPS Latitude GPS Longitude Date Time County Location Troop
MSGT K.D. RAPIER (1358) & MCIU MSGT P.W. MEYERS (1183) 260468368 37.7758527 -91.670447 11/05/2026 1:20PM DENT HIGHWAY 72 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 3020 I
Vehicle Information
Veh. # Vehicle Description Damage Disposition Driver Type Driver Gender Driver Age Safety Device Driver City/State Driver Insurance Vehicle Direction
2 2023 FORD MAVERICK TOTAL WHITAKER'S TOWING ADULT MALE 24 YES MOUNTAIN VIEW, MO UNKNOWN EASTBOUND
1 2017 HONDA ACCORD TOTAL WHITAKER'S TOWING ADULT MALE 62 YES CONWAY, AR USAA WESTBOUND
Injury Information
Veh. # Person Type Gender Age Injury Type Safety Device City/State Involvement Disposition
2 ADULT MALE 21 MODERATE UNKNOWN WINONA, MO OCCUPANT FLOWN TO COX SOUTH IN SPRINGFIELD
2 ADULT MALE 24 SERIOUS YES MOUNTAIN VIEW, MO DRIVER FLOWN TO COX SOUTH IN SPRINGFIELD
1 ADULT MALE 62 FATAL YES CONWAY, AR DRIVER TRANSPORTED TO THE DENT COUNTY MORGUE

Misc. Information

FATALITY CRASH - NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED - CRASH OCCURRED AS VEHICLE 1 CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND STRUCK VEHICLE 2 HEAD-ON. BOTH VEHICLES TRAVELED OFF THE ROADWAY AND INTO THE DITCH. DRIVER 1 WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON SCENE AT 1430 HOURS. ASSISTED BY MSGT J.J. MCDONALD (693), CPL J.N. RIGSBY (1196), CPL J.R. SUMMERS (1254), TPR R.G. WATKINS (356), AND THE DENT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS IS TROOP I'S 2ND FATALITY FOR NOVEMBER AND THE 38TH FOR 2026.