Two Princeton High School juniors were killed in a one-vehicle accident on Wednesday afternoon east of Princeton.
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Emily Clark, 16, and Kelsey Purdun, 17, were both pronounced dead at the scene. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Miss Clark was the driver of a car that was southbound on Route C, just one mile north of Route E and 10 miles east of Princeton. The vehicle left the roadway, overturned and continued through a fence, ejecting both occupants and then striking an embankment. The car was demolished. Neither girl was wearing a seatbelt.
The accident was investigated by Trooper J.N. Wombwell, assisted by Trooper B.N. Raney, Trooper J.C. Acree, Trooper T.B. Heintz, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office and the Mercer County EMS.