Two people are dead and one seriously injured in a traffic crash in Stone County.
According to the crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on Highway TT west of Crane early Friday evening when a pick-up driven by 33-year-old Craig Laney of Aurora tried to pass a vehicle and hit a car in the other lane head on. Both people in the other car, 43-year-old Rachel Reavis of Crane and 46-year-old Garrett Chambers of Pleasant Hill, were pronounced dead at the scene by Stone County Coroner John Cunnyngham while Laney was taken to Cox South Hospital in Springfield for treatment of serious injuries.
Five people have now died in traffic crashes worked by Troop D of the Missouri State Highway Patrol in 2023.