Man hospitalized after Jeep hits tree in Callaway County; 3 kids hurt
Matthew Sanders
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Jefferson City man suffered serious injuries and three children were hurt Wednesday morning in a crash on Highway 54 in Callaway County.
The 35-year-old driver was not wearing a seatbelt when his Jeep Compass ran off the road, went up an embankment and hit a tree at about 6 a.m., according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Ambulances took the driver and two passengers with moderate injuries — a 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl — to University Hospital.
A third passenger, a 4-year-old girl, was taken to University Hospital by private vehicle for minor injuries, the report says.