Health News

Department of Health and Senior Services working to to ensure continuation of the Time Critical Diagnosis System

The Department of Health and Senior Services is working with partners, including hospitals, providers, and emergency medical service professionals to ensure funding for the Time Critical Diagnosis System will remain steady moving forward. The TCD System is a statewide system that brings together the 911 response system, ambulance services, and hospitals in a coordinated way […]

Life Flight Helicopter

Princeton man life-flighted after crashing east of town

The Highway Patrol reports a Princeton man sustained serious injuries when a car ran off the road and overturned three miles east of Princeton Saturday afternoon. Twenty-five-year-old Sauny Encarnacion-Montero drove west on U. S. Highway 136 when the car reportedly crossed the center line and traveled off the south side of the road. The vehicle […]

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Carrollton woman’s car totaled in crash on county road

The Highway Patrol reports a Carrollton woman sustained moderate injuries when her vehicle malfunctioned and ran off the road in Carroll County Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-four-year-old Julia Eaves drove south on Route D when the vehicle reportedly malfunctioned about half a mile south of County Road 240 causing her to lose control. The vehicle ran off […]

Life Flight Helicopter

One life-flighted after crash south of Chillicothe

The Highway Patrol reports a man sustained serious injuries when his car struck a tractor-trailer four miles south of Chillicothe Friday afternoon. Twenty-six-year-old Ryan Schuermann traveled south on Highway 65 when his car crossed the center line and struck the driver side and rear duals of the northbound tractor-trailer driven by 66-year-old Edgar Hoyt of […]

Traffic Accident

Three from Maysville hurt in Friday crash near Kidder

The Highway Patrol reports three Maysville residents sustained injuries as the result of a one-vehicle accident half a mile south of Kidder Friday evening. Twenty-three-year-old Jacklynn Hollis drove east on J.C. Penney Road when the car crested a hill, and she reportedly lost control. The car ran off the south side of the road, traveled […]

Big Rig Crash

Crash on I-35 injures Iowa couple

The Highway Patrol reports two individuals sustained injuries when their car struck a tractor-trailer about nine miles south of Pattonsburg at12:30 am Monday morning. Thirty-one-year-old Ray Williams of Davenport, Iowa was northbound on Interstate 35 when he began to overtake the northbound tractor-trailer driven by 39-year-old Arash Ordobadian of Coralville, Iowa. The car crossed the […]

Motorcycle Crash

Kirksville man injured when car collides with motorcycle

The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained serious injuries when a car collided with his motorcycle Wednesday evening. Twenty-two year old Drew King traveled east on Missouri 11 six miles north of Brashear when a westbound car, driven by 22-year-old Emily Schleffinger of Crystal Lake, Illinois, crossed the center of the road and struck […]

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1 killed, 2 injured in fatal crash near Salisbury

The Highway Patrol reports one person died and two others sustained serious injuries as the result of a van striking a pickup truck four miles south of Salisbury Thursday morning. Twenty-one-year-old Abudu Kagina of Columbia reportedly attempted to pass several vehicles on southbound Highway 129 when her van hit the driver’s side of the pickup, […]

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Trenton residents injured in crash near Arkoe, Missouri

Two Trenton residents and one Maryville man sustained injuries when one pickup truck struck another two miles east of Arkoe Tuesday morning. The Highway Patrol reports 74-year-old Thomas Metzgar of Trenton drove west on Route VV when he failed to yield at a stop sign and entered the intersection with Route N. Sixty-eight year old […]