CARROLL COUNTY, MO – A two-vehicle collision in Carroll County on Sunday afternoon left one driver dead and the other injured.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s accident report states that the wreck took place on Missouri 139 at County Road 220 at 2 p.m.
The MSHP’s initial investigation found that the driver of a 2001 Ford was heading northbound on the wrong side of the roadway and struck a southbound 2023 Dodge head-on.
The Ford driver, a 50-year-old man from Bosworth, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Dodge, a 41-year-old woman from Hardin, Missouri, was seriously injured and taken by air ambulance to University of Missouri Hospital.
The Dodge driver was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash while the Ford driver was not, state troopers said. Both vehicles were totaled and removed by tow crews.
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