One person is dead and another was injured in a late-night crash south of Galena.

 

Emergency personnel with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, Galena Fire Department, and Cherokee County Ambulance Service responded to a two-vehicle fatality crash, south of Galena just before 11:00 pm. Thursday night.

 

The preliminary investigation indicates a northbound 2002 Chevy Malibu, driven by 28-year-old Coleton James Wealot, crossed the center-line and struck a southbound 2015 Kia Optima driven by 38-year-old April Mathis, of Galena.

 

Mathis was transported by EMS to a Joplin area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Wealot, of Diamond, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene.