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Fatal one-car crash in Pettis County

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Sedalia, Missouri man is dead after a one-car crash in Pettis County.

According to Missouri Highway Patrol, the vehicle driven by 26-year old Talbert Richard traveled off the road around 1 a.m. Saturday morning at Route U at Smasal Road.

Authorities say it struck an embankment, overturned multiple times, struck a barbed wire fence and came to rest against a tree. Richard was pronounced dead at the scene.