2 injured in Franklin Co. when driver swerves to avoid animal

FRANKLIN CO., MO – A driver lost control of his vehicle while swerving to avoid an animal in the roadway, sending her and a passenger to the hospital with minor injuries.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred on St. Louis Inn Road west of Snow Hill Drive at about 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday, June 1. Gabrielle Brunk, a 20-year-old resident of St. Clair, swerved to avoid an unspecified animal, causing her 1999 Ford F-250 to run off the roadway and overturn. She and a her passenger, 21-year-old Cameron Allen, were taken to Mercy Hospital Washington by a private vehicle.

Their injuries are said to have been minor.

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