NewsFebruary 24, 1996
ACCIDENT KILLS IRONTON MAN
FREDERICKTOWN -- A 20-year-old Ironton man was killed Friday in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 72. Brad Shanks, 20, was killed when his westbound car crossed the centerline and struck an eastbound car driven by Robert Rouse, 33, of Fredericktown...
FREDERICKTOWN -- A 20-year-old Ironton man was killed Friday in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 72.
Brad Shanks, 20, was killed when his westbound car crossed the centerline and struck an eastbound car driven by Robert Rouse, 33, of Fredericktown.
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Rouse was injured and taken to Madison Memorial Hospital in Fredericktown, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.
The accident occurred at 7:30 a.m., two miles west of Fredericktown. Neither motorist was wearing a seat belt.
Shanks was the 13th person killed in traffic accidents in the Troop E area of Southeast Missouri this year, the patrol said.
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