JENNINGS, MO – Authorities have charged a man in connection with a deadly crash that occurred on Lewis and Clark Boulevard near Jennings Station Road Friday afternoon, according to KSDK.
A 19-year-old man was driving south on Lewis and Clark Boulevard when he swerved onto the shoulder and hit a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair around 4 p.m. The driver then collided with a northbound van occupied by one adult and six children.
Following the collision, everyone in the 19-year-old’s vehicle fled the scene.
First responders pronounced the man in the wheelchair dead at the scene. They hospitalized the adult and a child from the van for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police located the 19-year-old man and arrested him. He is charged with leaving the scene of an accident and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The latter charge is a felony.
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