Saturday night car crash kills Kennett man

A Kennett, Missouri, man was killed in a traffic accident a half-mile south of town just before midnight Saturday.

Danny L. Nelson, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene. A report filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol says Nelson was riding in a 1998 Pontiac Bonneville southbound on County Road 553 at 11:15 p.m., when the vehicle ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree.

The driver, 53-year-old Gary A. Nelson, sustained moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett.

Pertinent address:

Kennett, Mo.