A Joplin woman is dead following a three-vehicle accident near Riverton on Friday afternoon.

The accident occurred around 4:30 on Friday afternoon on US-69 Alternate about two miles north of Riverton. 45-year-old Shawna Novak of Galena was traveling northbound on the highway when she slowed to make a left hand turn. The vehicle behind her, driven by 21-year-old Anna Coberly of Columbus, swerved left-of-center and struck Novak’s vehicle on the rear driver’s side.  Coberly then collided head-on with a third vehicle driven by 21-year-old Madison Macias of Joplin.

Both Coberly and Macias were taken to Joplin’s Freeman Hospital where Macias succumbed to her injuries.