JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO – Both the driver and occupant of a 2000 Chevrolet Trailblazer were injured after their vehicle was struck in an intersection on US 67 Thursday afternoon, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.
After 23-year-old Mark Madison-Lewis made a legal left turn near Route CC, the driver of a 2016 Kia Sorrento ran a red light in the southbound lanes and hit Madison-Lewis’s Trailblazer, officials report.
Madison-Lewis and a female passenger suffered moderate injuries and were transported to Mercy Hospital Jefferson by ambulance.
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