Missouri Highway Patrol

NEAR PURDY, Mo. - A 13-year-old boy has died of injuries suffered when an all-terrain vehicle he was riding flipped and landed on top of him in Barry County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Jet Lee of Fairview died at Springfield's Mercy Hospital on Thanksgiving evening at 7:30, three hours after the 2006 Honda Rancher he was riding on rolled down a hill and landed on top of him on private property three miles north of Purdy. The Highway Patrol reports this as their 87th reported fatality in 2012.

URBANA, Mo. -- A man from Muskogee, Okla., died after a crash of his tractor-trailer truck.  The wreck was early Friday morning on U.S. 65. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Grandell Tollison, 58, ran off the highway, struck a culvert and overturned.  The Highway Patrol said Tollison was partially ejected from the passenger side window. Authorities closed a portion of the highway for most of the morning while troopers investigated.

STRAFFORD, Mo. -- One person died and another is seriously hurt after a vehicle flipped several times near Strafford on Farm Road 132 near Missouri 125. Troopers say a westbound 2012 Kia Rio driven by Matthew Hogue, 20, of Springfield, crested at the top of a hill and lost control, flipping several times. The crash was about 1:30 a.m. Monday. Kendi Highland, 29, of Springfield, died at the scene.  Another passenger was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Springfield with serious injuries.  Hogue also was taken to a hospital; his injuries are described as minor.

WILLARD, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash between Willard and Springfield on a rural road.  A young man from Springfield died. The body of Steeler Seaburn, 18, was found by a passerby at Farm Road 94 and Stick Horse Lane, after 3 a.m. Friday, authorities say.  Troopers spent the morning investigating the scene.  Investigators found Seaburn's car parked off the side of the road with emergency flashers on.  They believe Seaburn was walking in the road when he was struck by a passing vehicle.

TANEY COUNTY, Mo. - A man who led officers from several law enforcement agencies on a chase south of Springfield Tuesday night has not been captured. The chase began at roughly 9 p.m. in Ozark County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the chase headed west into Taney County, then south on U.S. Highway 65 toward the Arkansas state line. Missouri officers called for help, but no authorities were available to continue the chase in Arkansas. Once the driver entered Arkansas, Missouri agencies stopped the chase.

TANEYVILLE, Mo. - A Hollister woman was airlifted to a Springfield hospital after crashing her van into a tree Monday evening, authorities say. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Ellen T. Kiser, 48, suffered serious injuries after she left Lonestar Road two miles north of Taneyville and struck a tree at 5:55 p.m. Monday. Kiser was not wearing a seatbelt, troopers said. She was airlifted to Cox South Hospital in Springfield. According to troopers, Kiser was not carrying any form of insurance.

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- The Camden County prosecuting attorney says no charges will be filed against three Camden County sheriff's deputies who fought with a home invader who died after the deputies used an electric stun gun on him.  Glenn Norman died last Oct. 4 outside a house near Linn Creek. The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated Norman's death and sent a report to Prosecuting Attorney Brian Keedy.  The deputies were put on paid administrative leave for awhile, a standard procedure, during the beginning of the investigation.  The sheriff said last fall that Norman pushed his way into a house, struggled with the owner, then fled.  Deputies arrested him in the neighborhood.  When Norman resisted arrest, the deputies used stun guns on him but said the shocks didn't seem to bother him. They performed CPR when he had breathing trouble, but he died.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --- The search for a light gray 2002 Nissan Maxima with a 1-year-old in the back seat is on following a car theft in North Springfield. It happened this afternoon outside the Save-a-Lot on Commercial Street. Authorities say a man called them saying his car, the Maxima, had been stolen and his two children, believed to be ages 4 and 1, were in the back seat. Police say the man told them he had left his children inside the car along with the keys. Authorities have confirmed to KSPR News that the 4-year-old boy was dropped off in the 800 block of S. Newton Avenue in West Springfield.

HOUSTON, Mo. -- The Texas County prosecuting attorney charged a man from Winona for the murders of two men whose bodies were found near their burned home on Wednesday night.  Jonathan Foster, 24, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and two counts of shooting a firearm from a vehicle. The victims were James Winton, 37, and a 42-year-old man identified by the Houston Herald as Doug Dearman, whose name was not released on Friday because his relatives were not yet notified.   Their bodies were found outside a home that burned on Curran Road near the community of Clear Springs, a rural area between Houston and Mountain View.  Firefighters got a call about a fire at the home about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday.  Firefighters found the body of the 42-year-old man "a short distance from the house across a barbed wire fence," according to a news release from the Texas County Sheriff's Department.   Winton's body was found a short time later just outside the home.

TABLE ROCK LAKE, Mo., -- A man has drowned on Table Rock Lake. The Missouri Highway Patrol says Dennis Lance was fishing with another person yesterday, when he suffered a medical problem and fell overboard. Lance was pulled out of the water and given CPR, but was pronounced dead at the scene.