Lynn Hearnes, daughter of late Warren Hearnes, dies in Scott County auto wreck

Lynn Hearnes, daughter of the late Gov. Warren Hearnes, was killed in a single-car accident Thursday in Scott County.

Hearnes, 60, of St. Louis, was traveling south on Highway 77 about five miles from Interstate 55 when she overcorrected, said Sgt. Dale Moreland, spokesman for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E. The vehicle ran off the right side of the road, and Hearnes was ejected from the car.

Hearnes is originally from Charleston, Mo., where her father and mother, former state representative Betty Cooper Hearnes, have their home. Gov. Hearnes, who held the state's highest office from 1965 to 1973, died in August at age 86.

Betty Hearnes was a state representative from 1979 to 1989.