POTOSI, MO – A 14-year-old girl was injured in a crash on southbound Highway 185 when a 2015 Dodge Dart rear-ended a cargo van on Tuesday evening.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the cargo van was turning left on southbound Highway 185 north of Highway 8 at about 8:35 p.m. when the Dodge rear-ended it.
A 14-year-old female passenger in the Dodge was transported to Washington County Memorial Hospital for moderate injuries. The driver of the Dodge was identified as 18-year-old Maelyn Declue and the driver of the 2019 Freightliner cargo van was identified as 35-year-old Grant Cavelli.
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