Single-vehicle accident kills teenager

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A one-vehicle accident claimed the life of a Poplar Bluff teenager Tuesday afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The patrol said the accident occurred when 15-year-old Heather Wartenbe was thrown from a car she was driving on Butler County Road 565, seven miles east of Poplar Bluff.

The car lost control, ran into a ditch and overturned, ejecting Wartenbe, who was pronounced dead at the scene.