A Macon County resident was hurt Saturday afternoon in the collision of a pickup truck and a sports utility vehicle.
The driver of the SUV, Forty-six-year old Jamie Kirkpatrick of Atlanta, Missouri was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia with moderate injuries. The driver of the pickup, 69-year-old Robert Pippen of Laplata, was not reported hurt.
The accident happened one mile north of Atlanta on Highway 63 at Route J as the eastbound pickup failed to yield and was hit by the southbound SUV
Both vehicles were demolished and neither person was wearing a seat belt.
