NewsOctober 25, 2022

A Scott City man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash Saturday in Scott County. According to the state Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 5:10 p.m. on private property, a mile south of Scott City, as the northbound ATV operated by Joseph M. Waechter, 74, of Scott City struck a ditch, and Waechter was ejected...

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A Scott City man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash Saturday in Scott County.

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According to the state Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 5:10 p.m. on private property, a mile south of Scott City, as the northbound ATV operated by Joseph M. Waechter, 74, of Scott City struck a ditch, and Waechter was ejected.

Waechter was transported by Scott County EMS to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, where he was pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m. by Dr. David Rimmer.

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