Slippery roads likely cause in fatal accident in grant county

Slippery roads due to adverse road conditions early this morning (Friday) are believed to be the cause of a fatal crash. Around 12:15a, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received an automated crash alert on Settlement Road near Settlement Lane, in Cassville Township.

Deputies and emergency responders from the Cassville Fire Department and Cassville EMS were dispatched to the scene. Deputies arrived on the scene and discovered that Nicholas Busch, 31 of rural Cassville, had been traveling westbound on Settlement Road, when his vehicle crossed the centerline, left the roadway, and struck a tree. Busch, the only occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office was also assisted at the scene by the Grant County Coroner’s Office. This is Grant County’s second traffic fatality of 2026.