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Crash Injures Three, Backs Up Traffic

Photo Courtesy Western Taney County Fire Protection District

Traffic backs up on Highway F late Friday afternoon due to a two-vehicle crash that injures three people.

According to reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Western Taney County Fire Protection District, a pick-up truck driven by a 25-year-old man from Merriam Woods crossed the center line and collided with a SUV driven be a 63-year-old man from Rockaway Beach man. 

Two Western Taney County Stations as well as Taney County Ambulance responded and had to extricate one person from the crash. Highway F was closed for around an hour while emergency personnel worked the scene. 

The driver and two passengers in the pick-up sustained serious injuries and were taken to Cox South Hospital in Springfield for treatment. 

 

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