Winter storm leads to fatal crash in central Missouri

ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says icy streets were to blame for at least one fatal crash in central Missouri as the latest winter storm swept through the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the crash happened Thursday afternoon along Interstate 44 near Rolla in Phelps County. The patrol says a westbound car slid on ice, left the road and hit a guardrail before flipping, killing 52-year-old John Mattingly, of St. Peters. The crash happened as snow and freezing rain covered roads across the state Thursday. Residents in eastern Missouri awoke Friday to flurries and freezing drizzle, including areas in and around St. Louis. The National Weather Services says skies will clear and temperatures will rise to above freezing later Friday.