Gravois Mills man dies in Mid-Missouri wreck

A Gravois Mills man died in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Cooper County.

Missouri Highway Patrol reports show the crash occurred at 3:20 p.m. on Route B, just north of Bridge A1691.

Deborah Cheatum, 57, of Gravois Mills, crossed the center line of the road and overcorrected several times. Her vehicle ran off the right side of the road, collided with the ground and overturned.

Cheatum was wearing a seat belt and had no reported injuries, but her passenger, Harold Spurell, 61, of Gravois Mills, was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.