EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- An East Prairie man was killed after his vehicle struck a tree and utility pole early today in Mississippi County.
According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 12:46 a.m., Randy O. Bramlett, 54, of East Prairie was traveling northbound on County Road 409 at the East Prairie city limits, when his vehicle ran off the road and struck an embankment before hitting the tree and utility pole.
Bramlett was partially ejected from the vehicle and air evacuated to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08 a.m.
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