(Doe Run) A teeanger from Farmington is dead after a one vehicle accident this morning in St. Francois County.

The Highway Patrol says the accident took place 1835 Highway ‘A’ when a Chevy Tahoe driven by 18-year-old Wyatt Hampton ran off the road, overcorrected, ran off the other side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned.

Hampton was pronounced dead at the scene by St. Francois County ambulance personnel.

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