2 Jefferson City women killed in Saturday morning crash

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Two Jefferson City women were killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Route C in Cole County, just west of Zion Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

It is not known if the women were wearing seatbelts, the report says. The crash occurred as a 2008 Ford Focus – driven by a 37-year-old woman – was heading westbound and went off the left side of the road, the report says.

The Ford Focus hit a tree and caught fire, the report says. The driver and the passenger – a 38-year-old woman – were both pronounced dead at the scene at 3:06 a.m. by the Cole County medical examiner, the report says.

The vehicle was totaled.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.