By Noelle Alviz-Gransee
The Kansas City Star
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Osage Beach Police Officer died in a fiery wreck Saturday after a car chase, police said.
At 1:18 a.m., an Osage Beach officer saw a car speeding westbound on US-54 highway near Passover Road. After a traffic stop was initiated, the driver accelerated and was pursued onto Route Y then Midway Road and onto A Road, according to an Osage Police Department news release.
Nearly 20 minutes later, Camden County Sheriffs located an Osage Beach vehicle driven by Officer Phylicia Carson that had crashed and was on fire.
Carson who had worked with the department since June 2023 was the second officer to pursue the driver, the release said. Around 1:42 a.m., the driver being pursued was also found crashed on A Road near Canerie Lane and was taken into custody. No charges have been announced.
The crash and criminal investigation is being handled by the Missouri State Highway Patrol .
Carson leaves behind her husband and six children.
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