St. Louis county man killed in Colorado highway crash

FALCON, CO. — A head-on collision killed a Missouri man and injured four others on Highway 24 Monday afternoon, FOX 21 News reports.

The accident occurred at 5 p.m. between Garrett Road and Constitution Avenue when a GMC pickup truck was traveling in the eastbound lane then crossed over into the westbound lane and hit a Ford Explorer head-on.

Officials pronounced the driver of the Explorer, Patrick Andre of Manchester, Missouri, dead at the scene after he was ejected from the vehicle.

The driver of the GMC pickup truck was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The three passengers in the Explorer were taken by ambulance to the hospital.

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