RIVES, Mo. -- One woman was killed Tuesday morning after a single-vehicle crash in southern Dunklin County.
At approximately 9:20 a.m., Johnie E. Whitaker, 86, of Steele, Mo., was driving south on County Road 723, four miles south of Rives, when the 1998 Dodge Caravan that Whitaker was traveling in ran off the side of the road and struck a ditch. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Dunklin County Coroner James Powell.
Pertinent address:
Rives, MO
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