Details Of Sunday Evening Ray County Fatal Accident Released
The Highway Patrol has released details about a Sunday evening accident that took the life of a Rayville man.
According to the accident report from Troop A of the Highway Patrol, at 6:15 P.M. Sunday 62-year-old Rayville resident Earl D. Griffith was driving a 2003 John Deere northbound on Highway 13 at Route J in Henrietta. That’s when a 2001 Dodge Ram being driven by 33-year-old Mayview resident Ayron W. Nelson struck the hay baler that was being towed by the tractor.
The collision sent the Jon Deere off the right side of the roadway where it overturned and ejected Griffith.
Griffith suffered critical injuries and was taken by Ray County Ambulance to Ray County Memorial Hospital in Richmond before being transferred to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, where he was ultimately pronounced dead at 11:45 P.M.
