At 10:13 this morning, the Springfield Police Department was dispatched to a single vehicle crash. A 2003 Honda van was traveling northbound on Highway 65 when it left the roadway just north of Sunshine, struck an embankment and overturned several times.
The driver was Michael Viau, 35, and he had minor injuries. The front-seat passenger, Heather Boutwell-Viau, 34, was ejected from the vehicle and died from her injuries. Three children, ages 3 months, 2 and 11, were also in the vehicle but were uninjured. The family is from Ozark, Mo.
Next of kin has been notified. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, and the cause is currently being investigated.
This is the seventh fatality crash investigated by the Springfield Police Department in 2015. Go Back |