The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle auto accident in Butler County, Missouri. The accident happened at around 2:10 p.m. Monday afternoon when 34-year-old Michelle L. Vernon was operating a 2003 Chevrolet passenger vehicle on Highway W northbound. She veered off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected, swerved off the opposite side of the roadway and eventually collided with a tree. Vernon was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by the county coroner. The accident site was approximately five miles from Poplar Bluff, Missouri where Vernon resided.
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