Crash Report – MO-53, 

Poplar Bluff, MO

Report ID: 2024 September 25

NCIC#: Unknown

OFFICER ID#: Unknown

Traffic Unit(s) Involved: 2

Occupants: 2

Injuries/Fatalities: Yes

Vehicle Damage (If Any): Likely

Property Damage (other than vehicles): Unknown

Road Surface Condition: Unknown

Manner of Crash Impact (Single Vehicle, Angle, Left Turn, Rear-End, Head-On, Sideswipe, U-Turn, Other, Unknown): Head-on

Location of Pedestrian/Cyclist (If Any): N/A

Narrative

POPLAR BLUFF, MO – A 40-year-old woman died Wednesday when her motorized bicycle collided with another vehicle along the highway in Poplar Bluff.

The accident happened around 9:35 a.m. on MO-53. Authorities haven’t yet provided a cross street.

Police say that for unknow reasons, a 2023 Colorway motorized bicycle crashed into the side of a 2020 Ford F150.

Medics transported the cyclist, identified as Crystal L. Rulio, to the hospital, where she died from injuries sustained in the accident.

No other injuries have been referenced in connection to the crash.

A full investigation is underway.

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The sample provided above draws upon details published by KFVS 12 and should NOT be used as an official Missouri accident report.