Dirt bike accident takes the life of a Texas County Man

A 38-year-old Summersville man died in a dirtbike accident Wednesday afternoon in Texas County. The Missouri Highway Patrol says Jesse R. Blanks failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the right side of Hwy TT, one mile east of Eunice, and overturned, ejecting Blanks from the bike. He was pronounced dead at the scene.