Texas County fatal accident early Monday

A WILLOW SPRINGS RESIDENT DIED EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE RESULT OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH IN TEXAS COUNTY…… 20-YEAR-OLD IAN SMART WAS A PASSENGER IN A JEEP THAT RAN OFF HIGHWAY U, JUST EAST OF CABOOL AT AROUND MIDNIGHT…TROOPERS SAID THE VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY DEVICE….THE DRIVER, 18-YEAR-OLD SHELMAN COEN OF CABOOL WAS TAKEN TO TEXAS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES…IT’S THE SECOND FATALITY CRASH THIS YEAR IN THE TROOP G REGION OF THE HIGHWAY PATROL…