PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. — A 17-year-old boy from St. James was killed Thursday in a rollover crash on Interstate 44.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at around 5:30 p.m. on westbound I-44 in Phelps County. According to a crash report, the teenager was a passenger in a pickup truck that traveled off the road. The driver overcorrected and the truck overturned several times, which caused the driver and passenger to be thrown from the truck.
They were flown to a Columbia hospital, where the boy was pronounced dead. The driver, a 39-year-old man from St. James, had serious injuries.
MSHP did not release the name of the boy who died.
