ESSEX — A 30-year-old Puxico man was killed in a one-vehicle accident at 10 p.m. Monday on Highway KK, three miles south of Essex.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Caleb E. Cockrell, 30, of Puxico was driving a 2012 Ford F-150 southbound when it failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a tree.
Cockrell was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:45 p.m. Monday by Stoddard County coroner Brent Stidham. He is the 63rd fatality in Troop E this year.