CLARK COUNTY, MO – Two people were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on westbound US-136 early Wednesday morning.
Police report 24-year-old Austin J. Husted was traveling west on US-136 in a 2005 Dodge Dakota. He crossed over the center line, traveled off the left side of the road, and hit a ditch. The accident happened 3 miles east of Kahoka.
Husted and an 18-year-old male passenger were transported to Blessing Hospital in Quincey. Both were wearing seat belts.
The Dodge was totaled.
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