WAPPAPELLO — A 66-year-old Essex man was killed and a 31-year-old woman was seriously injured in a pair of accidents Tuesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The first accident occurred at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday on Highway T, one mile east of Wappapello.
According to the MSHP, Randy L. Steward, 66, of Essex was riding a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle westbound when it ran off the right side of the road and overturned.
Steward was taken by ambulance to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 4:06 p.m. by Dr. Anil Nadipelli. He is the 59th fatality in Troop E this year.
The second accident occurred at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday on private property off of Wayne County Road 524, three miles north of Wappapello.
The MSHP reports an unoccupied 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan rolled and struck Terra M. Vires, 31, of Wappapello.
Vires was transported by Air Evac to St. Louis University Hospital.