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Aubren Dudley, a 30-year-old woman from Rogersville, lost her life in a crash on Wednesday afternoon.
According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the crash happened around 1:35 p.m. on July 24 near the intersection of Highway 126 and Route T, six miles west of Golden City.
MSHP says 30-year-old Aubren D. Dudley was southbound when her vehicle failed to yield and hit the side of an eastbound Freightliner semi. Dudley died at the scene.
Governor Mike Parson confirmed in a Facebook post that Dudley was a member of the Children’s Division in the Department of Social Services. According to the post, Dudley was traveling for work when the crash happened.
According to a detailed LinkedIn profile, Dudley had worked in recent years for the state Children’s Division, where she helped youth and their families in southwest Missouri.
She previously spent 3-1/2 years at FosterAdopt Connect, where she was a family and resource development advocate.
She also had worked as a teacher’s aide and substitute at the Greene Valley State School in Springfield and as an assistant manager at the Arc of the Ozarks.
In 2019, a social media post by Dudley went viral and was later shared by Good Morning America.
In it, Dudley shared the story of one of her sons who was adopted out of foster care. She found him in the kitchen eating an uncooked package of Ramen noodles.
Dudley wrote her son explained that while living with his “old family,” he found change and took it to the store to buy Ramen packets, which he and a younger sibling ate so they had food.
