A Marston man was killed and his passenger injured Sunday when the vehicle he was driving ran off a road, slid down an embankment and hit a concrete culvert.
Henry Pikey, 20, of Marston was killed in the accident. Marsha French, 15, a passenger in the vehicle, was thrown from the car. She received only minor injuries. Neither was wearing a seat belt, according to reports from the Missouri Highway Patrol,
The accident happened at 8:20 a.m. Sunday on Highway A two miles west of Dutchtown.
Pikey was pronounced dead at the scene by Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Carpenter. French was taken by ambulance to Southeast Missouri Hospital.
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