Jefferson City woman killed in single-vehicle crash near Lebanon

LEBANON, MO (LACLEDE COUNTY) – A 30-year-old woman was killed after she collided with a fence near Lebanon on Thursday afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The accident happened on Ostrich Drive, about two miles south of Lebanon, at 12:20 p.m., when the driver of a 1999 GMC Jimmy, 30-year-old Jefferson City woman Christina C. Lawson, went off the right side of the roadway.

The GMC went back on the road, then started to overturn before colliding with a fence. Lawson was ejected from the vehicle in the crash.

She was taken to the hospital in Lebanon, and at 1:29 p.m., she was pronounced dead.

No other people were injured in the crash.

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