MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — A head-on crash today on Highway 54 killed three lake area residents. Evelyn Degraffenreid of Eldon, Mo., Bazel Pauley and Lorene Pauley, of Osage Beach, Mo., were all pronounced dead at the scene. All three were were in their 70s.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a Oldsmobile Aurora, driven by Degraffenreid, was headed westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 54 west of Storage Road at 10:37 a.m. when it hit head-on a GMC Terrain driven by Bazel Pauley. Everyone involved in the crash died and all were taken to Phillips Funeral Home in Eldon, Mo.

This is the second local fatal crash in one week in which a vehicle was headed the incorrect direction down Highway 54.

This incident marks six traffic deaths in the last week within the Highway Patrol’s Troop F territory.


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