Sikeston man dies in Friday crash

STEELE, Mo. — A Sikeston man died in a two-vehicle crash early Friday in Pemiscot County.

According to Missouri State Highway patrol, the crash occurred at 8 a.m. on southbound Interstate 55 at the 2.4 mile marker, seven miles south of Steele, as the vehicle driven by Matthew J. Frias, 39, of Sikeston ran off the right side of the road and struck the rear of a stationary tractor-trailer.

Frias was pronounced dead at 8:57 a.m. at the scene by Pemiscot County Coroner Jim Brimhall and transported to the Pemiscot County Morgue.