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Crash Kills Teenage Girl in Taney County

The Missouri State Highway Patrols says a 16-year-old girl is dead following a rollover crash in Taney County.

Trooper say the girl, a Powersite, MO native, was driving on Highway 76 Friday morning near Kirbyville when she crossed the center line and then overcorrected.

The vehicle allegedly ran off the right side of the roadway, hit a guy wire cable and flipped.

Investigators say the vehicle was upside down when they arrived at the scene.

The teenage girl was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 1:40 a.m.