Joplin, Granby residents killed in head-on collision on 175

Two people were killed in a two-vehicle collision 9:51 a.m. today on MO 175 two and a half miles north of Neosho.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a northbound 2005 Honda Element driven by a 58-year-old Granby man veered into the path of a 1997 Lexus ES 300 driven by a 41-year-old Webb City woman and the vehicles collided head on.

Newton County Coroner Ronnie Jones pronounced both drivers dead at the scene.

The fatalities were the 41st and 42nd fatalities this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.