Southeast Missouri man killed in Tuesday crash

BERNIE, Mo. -- A Malden, Mo., man died Tuesday in the first winter-related wreck in Stoddard County this season.

Michael D. Jines was struck head-on in his 1996 Dodge Ram as he was traveling south on Highway 25 at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The accident occurred when a Bernie woman, 54-year-old Jana Jennings, was northbound on the snow and slush-covered two-lane blacktop and reportedly lost control of her vehicle, a 2005 Buick CXL.

Jennings was uninjured in the wreck. Jines was taken to Missouri Southern Healthcare where he was pronounced dead by Stoddard County Coroner Aaron Mathis just after 8 a.m.

The patrol reports Jines was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash. Jennings was wearing her seat belt.

Pertinent address:

Bernie, MO

Malden, MO