A Pemiscot County man is dead after a fatal accident that occurred early Saturday morning in the Missouri Bootheel.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 42-year-old Jon Corbett of Portageville, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene after a Nissan Altima, driven by 36-year-old Catherine Mayes of Cooter crossed the center line on Route DD and hit Corbett's Chevrolet Cobalt head-on.
Mayes suffered moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital in Hayti, while Corbett's passenger, 36-year-old Robert Howell, of Caruthersville, suffered serious injuries and was flown to The Regional Medical Center in Memphis.
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