FRANKLIN COUNTY, MO – A 59-year-old woman sustained moderate injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Highway H on Wednesday morning.
According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Connie S. Jost, 59, was turning left into a private drive on Highway H south of Wilson Bend Road around 11:35 a.m. Jeanne M. Dodson, 54, was traveling northbound on Highway N in a 2016 Kia Optima and rear-ended Jost’s 2010 Pontiac G6. Police report Dodson was inattentive and struck the other vehicle.
Both vehicles traveled off the road and sustained moderate damages in the crash.
Jost was transported to Mercy Hospital Washington.
Police report Jost was wearing a seat belt, but Dodson was not wearing hers.
Investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing.
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