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A roll-over crash in Lafayette County killed two people on Saturday, January 9.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred when 39-year-old Sean G. Standeford, of Oak Grove, failed to negotiate a curve in his 2014 Ford F-150. According to the report, the vehicle travelled off the roadway and struck a Chevron sign. The truck then went airborne, striking a tree before overturning. Both Standeford and a passenger in the vehicle, 28-year-old Samantha Schell, of Holden were pronounced deceased at the scene by Deputy Coroner Joe Cox.

The crash happened at 10:40 p.m. on Route D just south of Route FF in Lafayette County.