Woman hospitalized after two-car crash on Hwy D near Bonne Terre

STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY, MO — A 75-year-old Farmington woman was injured Thursday afternoon in a collision involving two vehicles at a Highway D intersection in Ste. Genevieve County, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The accident happened on Highway D at Westover Road and was reported by Trooper A. D. Pogue at 4:35 p.m.

The woman was driving a 2012 Nissan Sentra eastbound on Westover Road approaching the highway when she failed to yield to a 2004 Chevrolet 1500 and caused the front of the Chevrolet to strike the side of her Nissan Sentra.

The woman was transported by ambulance to Parkland Health Center Farmington with moderate injuries.

The driver of the Chevrolet, a 17-year-old Festus resident, was not reported injured.

Both vehicles were totaled in the accident.

 

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