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Justin J. Peterson of Gays Mills lost control of his Ford Escort while driving east on Hwy. 171 near Stevenson Road, according to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department. The vehicle crossed the centerline, struck a guardrail, crossed the centerline again, then struck an embankment before rolling several times and coming to rest on its wheels.
Peterson, a De Soto High School graduate, was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident, reported at 1:50 a.m., remains under investigation. Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, according to a sheriff’s department press release.
