The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2007 Ford driven by 42 year old Darin J. Lutman of Warsaw, Missouri was traveling northbound when he crossed the center line of traffic and struck the 2013 Dodge driven by 75 year old Sondra J. Murrell of Higginsville, Missouri head on.
Sondra J. Murrell was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and she was transported to the Benton County Coroner's Office.
Darin J. Lutman and a passenger in the Murrell vehicle 12 year old Drake Murrell both sustained minor injuries in this accident and both were transported by ambulance to Golden Valley Memorial Hospital in Clinton, Missouri for treatment.
This is Troop A of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's 46th Fatality accident on 2019.
