MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Roy J. Modglin Jr., 25, of Anna a passenger in a vehicle driven by James Trambley, 22, died following a one-car accident just south of Etherton Thursday.
Modglin was thrown from the vehicle when it left the road, overturned and struck a tree.
Modglin and Trambley, also of Anna, were taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, where Modglin died. Trambley remains in the intensive care unit of the hospital.
The Trambley vehicle failed to negotiate a gradual curve in the road said a Jackson County Sheriff's Department spokesman, who added that neither person was wearing seat belts.
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