A Dexter teen was the first traffic fatality in Troop E in 2021.
The teen was killed Friday evening in a one vehicle accident on County Road 651, five miles southwest of Dexter.
Brett M. Warren, 17, was a passenger in a southbound 1999 Jeep Cherokee. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:09 p.m. by Stoddard County Coroner Brent Stidham.
The accident occurred shortly before 6 p.m., according to the report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Authorities said the vehicle ran off the left side of the roadway and the driver, a 16 year-old juvenile, overcorrected and the vehicle overturned.
The driver and a passenger, Matthew A. Dowdy 17, of Dexter, received moderate injuries.
They were transported by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau for treatment.