August 1, 2017

A 49-year-old Malden, Mo., man is dead after a one-vehicle crash at 12:17 p.m. Sunday on Highway 53, one half mile south of Poplar Bluff, Mo. According to the report, John D. Minks was operating a northbound 2008 Pontiac G6 when it ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned...

A 49-year-old Malden, Mo., man is dead after a one-vehicle crash at 12:17 p.m. Sunday on Highway 53, one half mile south of Poplar Bluff, Mo.

According to the report, John D. Minks was operating a northbound 2008 Pontiac G6 when it ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned.

Minks, who was ejected was taken to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:57 p.m. by a doctor there.

Minks is the 36th fatality for Troop E in 2017.

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