Two hospitalized after MO-221 truck crash in St. Francois County

ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MO — Two people were injured Monday afternoon when their vehicle was struck by a commercial truck in Doe Run, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Trooper A. D. Pogue responded to the scene along Missouri Route 221 near Birch Street at 2:53 p.m.

According to the crash report, a 2016 Freightliner truck failed to yield to a 2005 Mazda Tribute and struck the front left of the second vehicle.

The driver of the Tribute, a 60-year-old Annapolis woman, along with her passenger, a 67-year-old Ironton man, sustained minor injuries and were both transported by ambulance to Parkland Health Center Farmington.

No other information has been reported.

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