CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, MO – A multi-vehicle accident in Cape Girardeau County on Monday left one person dead and four others injured, according to KFVS.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the scene n Nash Road/MO-AB south of County Road 217, near the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the driver of a car crossed the center of the road at about 5:20 p.m. and struck a van and a pickup truck, with the van then crossing the center of the road and colliding with an SUV.
The driver of the car, a 33-year-old man from Cape Girardeau, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The pickup truck driver, a 45-year-old man from Zalma, a passenger in the van, a 57-year-old Cape Girardeau man, and a passenger in the SUV, a 5-year-old girl from Leopold, suffered moderate injuries. The driver of the SUV suffered minor injuries
Both lanes of Nash Road/MO-AB were shut down for hours for the accident response and investigation. Traffic was diverted at County Road 218 and County Road 217.
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