Iron County Traffic Fatality

(Iron County, MO) A man from Leslie, Missouri, 40 year old Matthew B. Pauk, is dead following a motorcycle wreck in Iron County Sunday afternoon just before 2 o'clock. According to Highway Patrol reports Pauk was driving the motorcycle west on Highway 32, two miles west of Belleview, when it ran off a curve to the right and struck a guard rail. Pauk, who was not wearing a safety device when the accident occurred, was pronounced dead on the scene. His passenger, 41 year old Jennifer M. Pauk, was seriously injured and was flown to Mercey Creve Coeur Hospital. She was wearing a safety device during the wreck.