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Bethany man dies after ejected in semi crash into trees

SULLIVAN COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 4p.m. Thursday in Sullivan County.

The Misouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Kenworth semi driven by Clare O. Guernsey, 27, Bethany, was southbound on Route E two miles south of Route WW.

The semi traveled off the road and overturned. It struck trees, a fence and the driver was ejected.

Guernsey was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Schoene-Ruschmeier Funeral Home in Milan. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.

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