Wrong-way driver collides with SUV, kills 4 on Hwy 63 north of Columbia

COLUMBIA, MO – A wrong-way driver fatally struck a SUV on Hwy 63 near Columbia Monday, KSDK reports.

Keith Sumner, 19, was driving south in the northbound lanes when he struck an SUV driven by Jessica McKinlay, 29, around 7:30 p.m.

The crash killed both drivers and two other occupants of the SUV, Christopher McClain, 34, and a ten-year-old girl.

First responders transported three children to an area hospital with serious injuries.

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