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One person is dead after two vehicles collided on Highway 47, west of Linns Mill Road early Sunday morning. Police say the driver of one of the vehicles has been identified as 17-year-old Gary French who was driving eastbound on Highway 47 when he collided with a school bus driving west. French was declared dead at the scene. The driver of the school bus, 27-year-old John Detjen, suffered minor injuries.
The Missouri Highway Patrol says two vehicles were traveling northbound on Highway 79 near Winfield around 2 p.m. when they collided. One of the vehicles was sent into the southbound lane and slammed head-on into a truck. The driver of the truck, 48-year-old Dennis Stevens, died at the scene. The other driver involved in the head-on crash was taken to Mercy Hospital in serious condition.