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    Hit-and-run claims life of Joplin woman, suspect apprehended

    By Abigael Killinger,

    4 hours ago

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    JOPLIN, Mo. — One woman is dead and another person is in custody following a hit-and-run collision in Joplin.

    According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened just after 7:00 p.m. on Friday on Douglas Fir Road, south of Joplin.

    Troopers say a truck was traveling west when it went off the roadway and struck a pedestrian, Sheldonna Wood, 60, of Joplin.

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    Authorities say that’s when the truck fled the scene.

    Troopers located the driver earlier today at a property in Carterville and took the driver into custody.

    Wood was pronounced dead at the scene by the Newton County Coroner.

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