18-year-old killed in nighttime accident near Canton, Missouri

QUINCY (WGEM) – An 18-year-old man from Wentzville, Missouri, died in an overnight crash on Highway 61 north of Canton, Missouri, Tuesday night around 11:30 p.m.

The southbound lanes of Highway 61 were closed there Wednesday morning as traffic was diverted to Route B as the cleanup continued. The highway patrol estimated the road would reopen sometime after 6:30 a.m

State troopers say the 18-year-old man from Wentzville, Missouri was driving the wrong way when his car was struck by a semi-truck and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver, a 35-year-old from Minnesota, was not injured in the accident.

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