73-year-old woman dies in Osage County crash, 70-year-old man flown to hospital

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 73-year-old woman died in a crash on Wednesday in Osage County on Highway 100 near Brandt Road, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The report says the Linn woman drove a 2007 Chevrolet Impala eastbound when she suffered a medical emergency. The vehicle went off the right side of the road, hit several trees and a fence and went through a large field before overturning, the report says.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was brought to Morton Funeral Home in Linn, the report says.

Her passenger – a 70-year-old man from Bonnots Mill, Missouri – was flown to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries, according to the report.

Neither person wore a seatbelt, according to the report. The Impala was totaled.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.