SALINE COUNTY, MO – A wrong-way driver died after colliding with another vehicle on Interstate 70 near mile marker 65 Tuesday night, according to KSDK.
A 72-year-old man was driving an SUV west on Interstate 70 when he strayed into the eastbound lanes and stopped in the roadway. A 59-year-old man driving an SUV hit the 72-year-old’s SUV head-on around 9 p.m.
First responders pronounced the 72-year-old man dead at the scene and transported the other driver to an area hospital with serious injuries.
The 72-year-old man was not wearing a seatbelt.
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