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NewsJuly 9, 1997

A Canalou man died Tuesday in a one-car accident in New Madrid County. At 3:15 p.m., Rickie Drake, 39, was driving a boom truck on Route E three miles north of Canalou when he failed to negotiate a curve, overturned and landed in a ditch, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol...

A Canalou man died Tuesday in a one-car accident in New Madrid County.

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At 3:15 p.m., Rickie Drake, 39, was driving a boom truck on Route E three miles north of Canalou when he failed to negotiate a curve, overturned and landed in a ditch, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Drake was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the truck.

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