MALDEN — A 58-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured, one seriously, in a car-motorcycle collision at 8:40 p.m. Thursday on Highway 25, one-half mile south of Malden.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jaymara L. Madrigal-Gutierrez, 18, of Holcomb was operating a 2012 Dodge Avenger southbound when it struck the rear of a southbound 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle operated by Dale D. Morgan, 63, of Bernie, ejecting Morgan and his passenger, Anita B. Wyatt, 58, also of Bernie.
Wyatt was pronounced dead at the scene by Dunklin County coroner James Powell at 8:55 p.m. and was taken to the Dunklin County morgue. She is the 24th fatality in Troop E this year.
Morgan suffered serious injuries and was taken by helicopter to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee, while Madrigal-Gutierrez and a 15-year-old female passenger in her vehicle sustained minor injuries and were taken by ambulance to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.