(AP) – Two more Missourians have died after their vehicles were swept
away by floodwaters, bringing the death toll from the sudden spring flood to
five in the Show-Me State.Both of the latest deaths were in the same area of southeast Missouri. Highway
Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott says 60-year-old Kevin Compton of Poplar Bluff was
found inside a pickup truck in a ditch along Highway 53 late Monday. Authorities
believe water from the flooded Black River swept the truck off the road.
away by floodwaters, bringing the death toll from the sudden spring flood to
five in the Show-Me State.Both of the latest deaths were in the same area of southeast Missouri. Highway
Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott says 60-year-old Kevin Compton of Poplar Bluff was
found inside a pickup truck in a ditch along Highway 53 late Monday. Authorities
believe water from the flooded Black River swept the truck off the road.
Early Tuesday, 69-year-old Barbara Smithson of Harviell was found on Butler
County Road 153, still inside her vehicle that was apparently swept away by
water from a flooding creek.
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