Man severely injured after two pickup trucks collide in St. Clair

ST. CLAIR, MO – One person was seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision on Route PP in Franklin County on Friday afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The crash happened on Route PP, near Crescent Village, at 3:56 p.m., as the driver of a 2004 Dodge Ram, 19-year-old St. Clair resident Owen M. Roussin, made a left turn. The front-right side of a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by 37-year-old Villa Ridge man Clayton M. Stalnaker, then collided with the front-left side of the Dodge.

A passenger in the Silverado, 48-year-old St. Clair man Michael T. Bodell, was taken to the hospital with severe injuries.

The drivers were not reported as injured.

All three men were wearing their seatbelts when the accident happened.

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