Woman dead, two seriously injured after crash in Audrain County

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 36-year-old woman is dead and two juveniles were seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash in Audrain County just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The report states that a 16-year-old boy from Mexico was driving a 1998 Chevrolet 1500 on Highway 22 on Audrain County Road 215 when he went off the right side of the road, overcorrected and hit a 2014 Toyota Sienna, driven by a 36-year-old woman from Thompson.

The woman was pronounced dead on scene. A passenger in the Toyota, an 11-year-old girl from Thompson, was taken to University Hospital with serious injuries. The 16-year-old was also taken to University Hospital with serious injuries.

Both vehicles were totaled. The woman and girl were both wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash. It is unknown if the 16-year-old was wearing a seatbelt.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F posted about the incident, saying two vehicles crashed on Highway 22 on Audrain County Road 215, which is west of Mexico.

The road is blocked while first responders work the scene.

The highway was still blocked off when ABC 17 News arrived at 7:45 p.m., with law enforcement diverting traffic on a detour route at County Road 910.

MSHP Sgt. Kyle Green told ABC 17 News in an email that the road was expected to be closed for "a couple of hours."