Three dead after U.S. 71 accident in McDonald County

Three people are dead after a two-vehicle crash just south of Pineville Tuesday night.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it happened on Highway 71 when a car driven by 29-year-old Kyler M. Johnson, of Washburn, traveled south in the northbound lane and hit a car driven by a 17-year-old girl from Neosho.

Johnson and two passengers in his car, 58-year-old Joseph P. Lynch, of Powell, and a 15-year-old boy from Washburn, were pronounced dead at the scene.

The 17-year-old girl suffered serious injuries and was flown to a Joplin hospital for treatment.