RURAL JACKSON WOMAN DIES AFTER ACCIDENT ON U.S. 61

FRUITLAND -- A Jackson Route 2 woman died Monday afternoon as a result of a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 61 at Fruitland.

Patricia Nussbaum, 53, who was a cook for the priest at St. Vincent de Paul rectory in Cape Girardeau, was taken to St. Francis Medical Center after the 2:25 p.m. accident.

The driver of the other vehicle, Elmer Pinkerton, 54, of Pocahontas, was taken to the same hospital with moderate injuries.

A spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol said Nussbaum turned her southbound passenger car into the path of Pinkerton's northbound pickup truck.

She was wearing a seat belt. Pinkerton was not.

The fatality was the 80th in Missouri Highway Patrol Troop E this year, eight more than at the same time last year.