Saturday, April 8, 2023

Two seriously injured in Benton County rollover accident

On Friday April 7th around 7:00 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Benton County along with Benton County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on Route E at Swisher Road in rural Benton County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the northbound 2005 GMC 1500 driven by 25 year old Thomas A. Swaitek of Clinton, Missouri traveled off the left side of the roadway, vehicle returned to the roadway and began to overturn. The vehicle continued rolling off the right side of the roadway and into a corn field ejecting both occupants. 

Thomas A. Swaitek along with a passenger in his vehicle a 16 year old female juvenile from Windsor, Missouri both sustained serious injuries and both were flown by air ambulance to University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri for treatment.

The GMC truck was totaled and towed from the scene of this accident by Tolliver's Tow of Cole Camp, Missouri.

View crash report below:

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