A 46 year old Nevada, Missouri man was injured in a two vehicle fatality accident on Thursday afternoon around 3:00pm on Farm Road 104 around five miles Southwest of Willard, Missouri in Greene County (Springfield area).
The Missouri State Highway Patrol in Greene County says Rosco L. Choate of Nevada, Missouri sustained moderate injures and was transported to Cox South Hospital in Springfield after the accident that occurred when the West-bound 2006 Dodge Caravan with a unknown driver crossed the centerline of the road and hit an East-bound 2008 Chevrolet HHR, driven by 41-year-old Jill Morrison, of Willard, Missouri.
Jill Morrison was flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri where she was pronounced dead shortly before 6:30 p.m.
Three other people were hurt in this accident 38-year-old Billie Howard, of Walnut Grove, Missouri sustained moderate injuries in this accident and she was transported by ambulance to Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
Two passengers in the HHR Claudia and Elijah Morrison, both 11 years old sustained minor injuries and both were transported by Ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri for treatment.
This is Troop D of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's 109 Fatality accident of 20016.
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The Highway Patrol is working to determine who was driving the Caravan.
A Nevada man was hurt Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle fatality collision on a Greene County road.
The Missouri Highway Patrol says 46-year-old Roscoe Choate, of Nevada, was taken to Cox-South Hospital in Springfield with moderate injuries.
Troopers say the collision happened on a farm road five miles Southwest of Willard about 3:00 p.m. when a West-bound Dodge Caravan crossed the centerline of the road and hit an East-bound Chevy HHR, driven by 41-year-old Jill Morrison, of Willard. Morrison was flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield where she was pronounced dead shortly before 6:30 p.m.
Three other people were hurt -- 38-year-old Billie Howard, of Walnut Grove, who was in the Caravan with Choate -- and two passengers in the HHR, Claudia and Elijah Morrison, both 11. Howard's injuries were listed as moderate and the 11-year-olds suffered minor injuries.
The Highway Patrol is working to determine who was driving the Caravan.
FATALITY ACCIDENT. NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED. THIS IS TROOP D'S 109TH FATALITY FOR 2016. VEHICLE #1 TRAVELLED ACROSS THE CENTER LINE AND IMPACTED VEHICLE #2. DRIVER #2 WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT 1823 HOURS BY MERCY PHYSICIAN DR CAUSA. AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLE #1 WERE TESTED FOR ALCOHOL. INVESTIGATION CONTINUING TO DETERMINE DRIVER OF VEHICLE #1.
