UPDATE: Teen Dies Three Days After Crash On Highway 5 Near Niangua Bridge

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — An 18-year-old who was seriously injured in a crash on Highway 5, near Camdenton, has died.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jordan Humphreys was pronounced dead on Monday evening, April 8, after spending three days in the hospital following a crash on Highway 5, Friday night. The Patrol says Humphreys, of Wilmington, Del., was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Astro van south on Highway 5 when he lost control of the van at around 6:30 p.m. The Astro went off the right side of the road and overturned, around Harvest Road, the Patrol says.

According to the report, Humphreys was not wearing a seat belt, and sustained serious injuries in the crash. He was lifeflighted to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. for treatment, where he died on April 8. A passenger in the van, 19-year-old Robert Baker, of Kaiser, was also unbuckled during the crash, the Patrol says, and sustained moderate injuries in the crash. Baker was taken by Mercy Ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital.

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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — A major crash on Highway 5 left two teens hospitalized on Friday evening.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 18-year-old Jordan Humphreys, of Wilmington, Del., was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Astro van south on Highway 5 when he lost control of the van at around 6:30 p.m. The Patrol reports the Astro went off the right side of the road and overturned, around Harvest Road.

According to the report, Humphreys was not wearing a seat belt, and sustained serious injuries in the crash. He was lifeflighted to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. for treatment. A passenger in the van, 19-year-old Robert Baker, of Kaiser, was also unbuckled during the crash, the Patrol says, and sustained moderate injuries in the crash. Baker was taken by Mercy Ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital.