FRANKLIN CO., MO – One man was killed and another was injured following a head-on collision on Highway YY yesterday morning.
According to the official Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report, the crash happened in the highway’s 7900 block at about 9:40 a.m. on June 9. A 2013 Volkswagen Passat was traveling east in the westbound lanes where it collided with a westbound Jeep Wrangler. The force of the collision sent the Passat off the right side of the roadway and the Wrangler off the left side.
Emergency responders pronounced the driver of the Passat dead at the scene at 11 a.m. He has been identified as 29-year-old Union resident Lance Lamkin.
The driver of the Jeep was taken by medical helicopter to Mercy Hospital St. Louis with serious injuries.
We will provide further updates if possible.
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