NewsSeptember 3, 2002
A Doniphan, Mo., man died when his car ran off a state road and hit a tree, bringing the number of fatalities on Missouri roadways to three during the Labor Day holiday weekend. William A. Cook, 18, died at a hospital after the crash Sunday evening, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The accident happened shortly after 8 p.m., about four miles south of Doniphan...
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A Doniphan, Mo., man died when his car ran off a state road and hit a tree, bringing the number of fatalities on Missouri roadways to three during the Labor Day holiday weekend.

William A. Cook, 18, died at a hospital after the crash Sunday evening, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The accident happened shortly after 8 p.m., about four miles south of Doniphan.

Earlier Sunday, a crash near Springfield, Mo., killed a Fordland, Mo., woman,

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Sondra Cook, 64, was a passenger in a vehicle driving on Greene County Farm Road 132 three miles east of Springfield. The vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree, according to the highway patrol. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car and another passenger were taken to hospitals in Springfield.

On Saturday, a pedestrian from Neelyville, Mo., died after stepping into the path of a car. Toby A. Sampson, 35, was walking along U.S. 67 about 1.8 miles south of Neelyville in Butler County. Sampson was pronounced dead at the scene.

Nine people died on Missouri roads during last year's Labor Day weekend.

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