A Perryville, Missouri, man died Saturday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash in Cape Girardeau County.
A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Randy Choate, 32, was northbound on Route C about 4 miles north of Pocahontas when the 1999 Pontiac Trans Am he was driving ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree, ejecting him from the vehicle. He was not wearing a safety device, according to the report.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Wavis Jordan.
The crash occurred at about 5 p.m.
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