IMPERIAL, MO – A 43-year-old Imperial driver sustained moderate injuries in a crash at the intersection of US-61 and Highway K on Thursday afternoon.
Sara D. Sellers was traveling west on Highway K in a 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe and failed to yield to oncoming traffic at the US-67 intersection, police report. Samantha C. Zelle, 18, was traveling north on US-67 in a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier. The front of the Chevrolet hit the rear of the Hyundai around 2:47 p.m.
Sellers was transported to Mercy Hospital South.
Both drivers were wearing seat belts.
The Chevrolet was totaled and the Hyundai sustained moderate damages.
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