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The Reporter covers Miller, Morgan and Camden County in Central Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks and is published once per week on Wednesdays.
Published August 14, 2019
Man dies in UTV accident
LAKE OF THE OZARKS – A Stover man is dead in a one-vehicle accident last Monday
(August 5).
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) at 11:55 p.m. on Bee Sting
Drive just south of Route BB, a 2012 Polaris Ranger UTV, driven by Dylan Rex,
33, of Stover, MO, was traveling southbound on Bee Sting Drive when the vehicle
crossed the center line, traveled off the left side of the roadway where it
struck a ditch and overturned.
Rex was taken to Lake Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:43
a.m. by Doctor Leach.
Rex was not wearing a safety device.
Earlier that same day (2:15 p.m.) a motorcycle versus car accident left two
people with serious injuries.
The MSHP stated that a 2010 Harley Davidson, driven by Larry Melville, of
Camdenton, MO, was southbound on Route 5 just north of Concrete Drive in Camden
County, when a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by Jeremy Umanos, 21, of Mundelein,
IL, failed to yield to the motorcycle.
The Hyundai turned left into the path of the Harley and was struck by the
motorcycle.
Larry Melville received serious injuries and was transported by MU Air to
University Hospital.
A passenger on the motorcycle, Tina Melville, 56, also of Camdenton, MO, was
transported to Lake Regional with serious injuries and then flown to University
Hospital by MU Air.
The driver of the Hyundai was uninjured in the accident. The Hyundai received
extensive damage and the Harley was totaled.
On Tuesday August 6, a deer encounter left a vehicle totaled and two people with
minor injuries in Camden County.
At 12:00 p.m. on Route D south of Eagles Landing, a 2014 Hyundai Veloster was
northbound when a deer appeared.
The Hyundai swerved to avoid a collision with the deer and ran off the right
side of the road and overturned.
The driver, Robert Eaton, 24, of Camdenton, MO and a passenger, Allison Eaton,
22, also of Camdenton, MO, received minor injuries and were transported to Lake
Regional by ambulance.
Both were wearing their safety devices. The Hyundai was totaled in the crash.
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