STEELE, Mo. -- A Steele man was killed in a dune buggy accident Wednesday in Pemiscot County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 4:15 p.m. on County Road 580, one-tenth of a mile east of County Road 563, William T. Jones, 41, of Steele ran his dune buggy off the right side of the road and struck a telephone pole.
Jones was pronounced dead by Mississippi County, Ark., coroner Mike Godsey at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at Great River Hospital in Blytheville, Ark.
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