PACIFIC, MO (JEFFERSON COUNTY) – Two passengers were seriously injured in a single-vehicle collision in Jefferson County early this morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The collision occurred at the intersection of Route O and Highway F in Pacific at about 2:45 a.m. when 21-year-old Pacific woman Jenna E. Tomnitz, operating a 2011 Hyundai Tucson, failed to properly round a turn in the roadway.
The Tucson then went off the left side of the roadway before finally colliding with an embankment.
Two passengers, 22-year-old Pacific woman Kayla R. Winkelman and 23-year-old Villa Ridge man Yusuf M. Benzabeh, sustained severe injuries in the collision and were taken to Mercy Washington for treatment.
Tomnitz was not reported as hurt in the accident.
All three occupants of the vehicle were reportedly not wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash.
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