BRAGG CITY MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT

BRAGGADOCHIO -- A 21-year-old Bragg City man was killed in a single-car accident on Route Z, one mile south of Braggadiochio.

A spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol said that Michael Palmer was heading north at about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday at a high rate of speed when his truck left the roadway at a curve and struck a tree.

Palmer was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt, the spokesman said.