TANEY COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are dead after a one-vehicle crash this morning on U.S. 65 near the exit to the Saddlebrook community.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Mike McClure said the two died when their northbound SUV went off the right side of the road, crashed into a rock bluff wall and caught fire.

The crash occurred just north of the exit to Saddlebrook, about 14 miles north of Branson.

According to a Taney County Ambulance District social media post, their department, the Western Taney County Fire District, Highlandville Fire Protection District, Ozark Fire Protection District, Christian County Ambulance District, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Taney County Sheriff's Office, the Christian County Sheriff's Office and MoDOT responded to the crash.

Names of the two ha

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