Missouri Car Accident Leaves One Dead, Three Injured

Delta, MOA recent Missouri car accident left one young man dead and three injured four miles north of Delta, Missouri, on Route T.

span itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="display:block">Damian J. Massa of Glenallen, Missouri, was driving a 1997 Chevrolet S10 pick-up truck when the vehicle went off the left side of the road, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Massa then overcorrected and went off the right side of the road, eventually flipping over a number of times.

The accident ejected the three passengers, but the 21-year-old Massa remained in the vehicle. He was airlifted to St. Francis Hospital in Cape Giradeau, Missouri, where he was pronounced dead, according to the police report.

Two of the passengers, Alisha M. Slaner, 18, and Jodie J. Slaner, 19, were seriously injured in the car accident. The third passenger, Andrew S. Dockins, 25, sustained minor injuries in the crash, according to police.

The police report does not indicate whether alcohol was involved in the crash.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 960 traffic fatalities in Missouri in 2008.