63-year-old driver injured when car hits tree in Franklin County

WASHINGTON, MO – Connie Tuttle, 63, sustained minor injuries after her 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix struck a tree on eastbound Route KK on Saturday morning.

The accident occurred on eastbound Route KK near Northern Sky Drive, which is off of Westgate Drive, around 11:55 a.m., police report. Tuttle traveled off the north side of the road, for unknown reasons, and hit a tree.

She was transported to Mercy Hospital Washington. The Pontiac was totaled in the crash.

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