A SMT News Report

BERNIE, Mo. - A Bernie teenager is dead after an early Wednesday morning car crash.

Dalton T. Wasson, 16, of Bernie was killed in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday morning along Route Z, three miles east of Bernie in Stoddard County.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports the accident occurred at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, when Wasson was driving a 2003 Chrysler westbound on Route Z. The Patrol reports Wasson ran off the right side of the roadway, overturned, and was ejected from the vehicle.

Wasson was pronounced dead at the scene by Stoddard County Coroner Aaron Mathis.

The patrol reports indicated no passengers were in the vehicle, and that Wasson was not wearing a safety device at the time of the accident.