A Bernie woman was fatally injured in a crash over the weekend in Southeast Missouri

Missouri Highway Patrol reports indicate that at 5 o’clock Saturday morning on Route W, three miles north of Catron, a southbound vehicle driven by 33-year-old Rebeca S. Mead of Bernie ran off the road and overturned. Mead was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:20 a.m. by Stoddard County coroner Kenny Pope. She was wearing her seat belt. No word on why she left the roadway. Mead’s death marked the 60th fatality for Troop E in 2016.