Driver causes chain-reaction crash on Highway 30

MURPHY, MO – A driver rear-ended another vehicle which caused a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles total on Highway 30 on Wednesday evening.

Police report a 2007 Honda Odyssey rear-ended a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox on westbound Highway 30 east of New Sugar Creek Road around 5:30 p.m. The crash resulted in the Equinox hitting a 2016 Subaru Outback in front of it, and the Outback struck a 2011 Toyota Versa in front of it.

Two people were injured in the crash. The first was a 16-year-old male passenger in the Equinox and the other was 53-year-old Christine Stibor, who was the driver of the Versa.

Both the Equinox and Odyssey were totaled, and the other two vehicles sustained minor damages. Investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing.

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