MARION COUNTY, Mo. — A head-on collision in Marion County left two people injured Tuesday afternoon.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the wreck happened just after 1:30 p.m. on US Highway 61, about a mile south of Palmyra, Mo.
Investigators say a 29-year-old Palmyra woman was driving a car north on Highway 61 when it left the roadway and crossed the median into oncoming traffic.
Her car then crashed into a pickup truck driven by a 47-year-old man from Barry, Ill.
Emergency crews airlifted the Palmyra woman, who suffered serious injuries, to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment.
An ambulance took the Barry driver, who suffered minor injuries, to Hannibal Regional Hospital.
Authorities have not said whether either driver was wearing a seat belt.
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