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Off-duty deputy and his young daughters among 4 killed in highway crash, sheriff says [Video]

NEW MADRID COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS/Gray News) – Four people killed in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday in southeast Missouri were described as a teen, an off-duty deputy and his two young daughters.

The 17-year-old girl who died in the crash has now been identified as Nevaeh Ladiamond Debose, an 11th grade student in the New Madrid County R-1 School District.

She was from Lilbourn.

The New Madrid County School District confirmed in a statement on social media that two of their students died in the crash, including one in high school and the other in preschool.

Nevaeh Debose, 17, died in a crash involving an off-duty New Madrid County deputy.(Photo courtesy of family)

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened Tuesday at around 4:35 p.m. on Highway U between Lilbourn and New Madrid.

New Madrid County Sheriff Ronnie Adams said an off-duty deputy was killed, along with his two young daughters. …

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