MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — A crash on Highway 17 on Sunday afternoon killed one man and threw two people from the car, seriously injuring them.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 1:50 p.m. on July 10, 21-year-old Jonathan Moore, of St. Robert, was driving a 2005 Ford Fusion south on Highway 17 when the vehicle went off the right side of the road. Moore reportedly overcorrected and the vehicle swerved off the left side of the road, crashing into an embankment and overturning several times.
Moore was killed in the crash.
Two passengers, 22-year-old Christopher Kenon and 19-year-old Carla Franco Collzao, were thrown from the vehicle and sustained serious injuries. None of the three were wearing a seat belt, the Patrol reported. Franco Collzao was flown to treatment at University Hospital, while Kenon was taken by ambulance to Capital Region Hospital.
Another passenger, 21-year-old Sun Hea Song, was wearing a seat belt and sustained minor injuries. She was taken by ambulance to Capital Region Hospital.
