Sikeston woman dies in I-55 crash

Thursday, October 8, 2015
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A fatal rollover accident involving a Chevrolet Trailblazer occured Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 at mile marker 102.8 just north of the Jackson Main Street exit.

JACKSON (SMNS) -- A Sikeston woman was killed Wednesday during a single-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55, just north of the Jackson Main Street exit.

Bethany Venable, 29, was driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer when she traveled off the left side of the roadway, overcorrected, traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Venable was thrown from the vehicle, the patrol reported. She was pronounced dead at the scene by deputy coroner David Taylor at 10 a.m.

She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the patrol.

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