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NewsJuly 14, 2002

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Two men were killed when the Jeep they were riding in went over a rock cliff into a creek bed in Ste. Genevieve County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Geoffrey Francis, 26, of Farmington, and Benton Chandler, 25, of Fayette, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, the patrol said...

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STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Two men were killed when the Jeep they were riding in went over a rock cliff into a creek bed in Ste. Genevieve County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

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Geoffrey Francis, 26, of Farmington, and Benton Chandler, 25, of Fayette, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, the patrol said.

At least seven men were in the Jeep when the driver got lost on a trail on a farm and drove off the cliff. Four other passengers were injured.

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