NEWTONIA, Mo. -- A Joplin man was killed when the car in which he was riding struck a house, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
Michael Strain, 31, was a passenger in the car driven by Derrick Crosby, 23, also of Joplin, the patrol said.
The car was eastbound Saturday on Highway 86 at Newtonia when it left the road and struck a house, the patrol said.
Crosby was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
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