Two teens seriously injured in Montgomery County crash

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Two teenagers were hurt Friday night after a crash on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County.

According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 22-year-old man from Grandview, Missouri, was driving a 2022 Kenworth T680 eastbound on I-70 and merged into the left lane shortly after 4 p.m.

The tractor-trailer's towed unit hit a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 21-year-old Columbia woman near mile marker 172, the report says. The SUV ended up in the median, and the semi-truck was able to stop on the right shoulder.

Neither of the drivers was hurt, but two 15-year-old girls in the Jeep were seriously injured; one from Columbia, the other from Fulton, respectively. Both were taken to University Hospital by ambulance.

The Jeep had extensive damage, and the tractor-trailer had minor damage. The report says both teens were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.