71-year-old Pilot Grove woman killed in Cooper County crash
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 71-year-old woman from Pilot Grove was killed in a Monday morning crash on Highway 135 at Route E in Cooper County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol
The report says the woman was a passenger in a 2014 Toyota Venza that was driven by a 74-year-old Pilot Grove man. The vehicle was heading south on Highway 135 when a 2012 Ford F-250 – driven by a 32-year-old Moberly man – was heading west.
The driver of the Toyota stopped at a stop sign at the intersection before driving straight and the Ford F-250 “slid and failed to stop” as it hit the Toyota, the report says.
The Toyota then slid, went off the road and hit a stop sign while the Ford “came to a controlled stop at Highway 135,” the report says.
The victim in the crash and the driver of the Toyota wore seatbelts, while the driver of the Ford did not wear one, the report says. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and was brought to Meisenheimer-Page- Dady Funeral Home, the report says. The 74-year-old man had minor injuries and was brought to University Hospital by ambulance.
A social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F – which covers most of Mid-Missouri – stated two people were injured in addition to the fatality.
MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.