Houston, Mo. – A Mountain Home man was killed in a one vehicle crash Friday morning in Texas County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the accident occurred at 9:30 a.m. March 11, 2022 on Highway 63, six miles north of Houston.
A northbound 2005 GMC Envoy driven by Hermann Richter, age 83, traveled off the right side of the roadway and overcorrected, traveling off a steep embankment. Richter had not been wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. He was transported to Texas County Memorial Hospital where Richter was pronounced deceased at 11:18 a.m. The vehicle was totaled in the crash.
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This is the sixth fatality for Troop G in 2022 compared to eight for the same time in 2021.
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